LIBRARY OF CONGRESS. 

Cha|l--Z.i Copyright No. - 

siielf-UJ-i-^ 

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. 



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A HALF CENTURY OF 
BOSTON'S BUILDING. 



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HE CONSTRUCTION OF BUILDINGS, THE ENACTMENT OF 
BUILDING LAWS AND ORDINANCES, SANITARY LAWS, THE 
ANCIENT AND MODERN BUILDING. BUILDING STATISTICS, 
BOSTON'S VALUATION. A CHAPTER OF BOSTON'S BIG 
FIRE, FIRE LOSSES, PUBLIC LANDS ACCOUNT. PROMINENT 
ARCHITECTS. CONTRACTORS AND BUILDERS, BUILDING 
MATERIALS AND THEIR SOURCE OF SUPPLY. INSPECTION OF 
BUILDINGS, THE BUILDING AND PLUMBING ASSOCIATIONS. 



Written by CHARLES S. DAMRELL. 



ILLUSTRATED. 



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Published by LOL'lS P. HagER, in Boston, 
1895 



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COPYRIGHTED BY 

LOUIS P. HAGER 

AND 

CHARLES S. DAMRELL. 
1S93. 



PREFACE. 




HE title of this worlc is surticiently explanatory of its aims and objei't. It is intended as a history 
of the growth and development of the building interests of the city, with special reference to the 
progress of the past fifty years. In its preparation, every available source of information that 
woidd in any way be of assistance has been consulted. Beginning with the very tirst building erected on the 
site of the city, the growth has been traced down through the succeeding years, showing the various changes 
in the design and construction of buildings, with more detailed descriptions of those most pronunent in the 
history of the town and city, together with such improvements ami extensions to the original peninsular as 
are incident to its building interests. 

So far as we can learn, this is the first work to be iniblished, devoted exclusively to this subject, and as it 
has been prepared with great care sliould be of unusual interest and value, containing as it does, not only 
matters of historical interest, but a large amount of information, and reliable data nowhere else to be foimd 
accessible to the general public. 

Beginning with the year of the great fire in 1872, which marked the beginning of a distinctive era in the 
growth and development of the city, a careful, and very complete record has been made of all the more 
notable buildings, both public and private, giving a list of mercantile and pulilic buildings costing jilo;),0:)0 or 
more, and residences costing $40,0(i0 and upwards. 

Many of these have been described at length in a general way, and in many instances carefully illustrated. 
Many may wonder why, in giving tliese illustrations, the new .state House extension was omitted, but to such 
we would state, that owing to the frequent changes that have been made in the plans for this building, no sat- 
isfactory drawing could be had from which to make an illustration. 

If in connection with the real subject of the work, we have occasionally inserted matter, whicli, at first 
might seem foreign to the text, such for instance as many of the hotels, theatres, etc., that are not directly in 
line with the building interests, it must be remembered that, whatever has tended to increase business, and 
draw the attention of the public at large to the city, has had its intiuence in promoting its growth and develop- 
ment, and no other class of buildings have contributed more in a general way toward beautifying and building 
up the city. 

To one feature of the work we woidd call particular attention. Herein will be found a complete record of 
the building laws of the city, together with a sketch of the department of Building Inspection, and many mat- 
ters relating to the construction, and maintenance of buildings, sanitation etc., also several valuable tables of 
statistical facts, especially prepareil from official records which will be found of great value. 

As far as possible, the more notable and historic buildings have been illustrated. Many of the old school 
buildings shown have been superseded by modern structures, of which a few have been illustrated. 

In conclusion we would call attention to the sketches of the various firms and individuals, who have in 
one way or another contributed to the building up of the city. These sketches have all been submitted to the 
parties to whom they relate, and they have had an opporttmity to make such additions or alterations as they 
deemed expedient, and if there are those of whose business no descriptive article appears, the omission is due 
to the fact that the sketch submitted for their approval and correction was not returned to the publisher. 

For a great deal of the information and many interesting facts contained in the w'ork, we are indebted to 
the hearty co-operation of many of the well known citizens of Boston, as well as to tlie many valuable 
historical works, and especially to the newspapers which have given free access to their valuable stores of 
information on current sidjjects not recorded in the historical works. From this source were obtained many 
interesting sketches not othervvise obtainable. 

While it has been our earnest effort to make the work as complete as possible in a single volume, we are 
aware that there is much more that might be written upon the same subject, and it is sent forth, with the 
consciousness that whatever defects or deficiencies may be discovered, the author has spared no pains, to 
make it as rich in facts, as complete in description, as truthful an.l accurate in record, and as readable as 
l^ossible. 

TiTK Author. 
Boston, 189.5. 



CONTENTS. 



Sixteen' Hundred and Thirty to Eighteen Hundred and FoRTY-FiyE 
Eighteen Hundred and Forty-Five to Ekjhteen Hundred and Seventy-Two 
Eighteen Hundred and Seventy-Two to Ek;hteen Hundred and Ninety-Five 
The Great Fire in Eighteen Hundred and Seventy-Tw 
The Prolific Sources of Our Great City Fires . 
Kelation of Construction to Fire Insurance 
]!rii,DiNo Laws and Ordinances .... 

Early ]!uilding Laws ...... 

The Building Department of the City of Bosti^n 
Boston Contractors .\nd Builders 
lUiLDERs' and Contractors' Association 
m.ister buildeks' association .... 

1'lumbing and Sanitation ..... 

]NL\sTEi! Plumbers' Assochtion .... 

P.oston Aiichitects .\nd Architecture 

Boston Architects ....... 

FiHE Losses, V.\luation .\ni> J'oi'ulaiion 

The PuiiLic L.\NDs A( count ..... 

Those AVho PLwe Built the City .... 

C'hart. Showino the Inci;ease in Taxakle Yalu.vtion from Building Imi 
:men'is. (orrosiTE i'.\.(iE) ..... 

Inde.x to Advertisements and ])esci!ii'tive Articles 
Index to Illustrations ...... 



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A Half Century of Boston's Building, 




INTRODUCTORY. 

1630 TO d845. 

N order to properly introduce tlie reader to the general subject of this book and 
to set him as it were at the starting point of our view — Boston fifty years ago — 
it is proposed in this opening chapter to give a brief survey of the development 
of the city from its foundation to the year 1845, with some remarks upon the 
more important buildings which were erected during that period, and a brief description of 
the buildings which composed the city at that time. 

It is well known that when the first settlers of Boston, under the leadership of Governor 
Winthrop, fixed upon the point of land which they called Charlestown in honor of Charles T, 
for a town site, there was then within the original limits of the town of Boston one Eng- 
lish gentleman. Mr. William Blackstone, living on what was then known as Shawmut, was thus 
the owner of the first building in Boston; and, as he seems to have lived entirely alone and un- 
doubtedly erected his house or cottage without other aid than what he may possibly have derived 
from his Indian neighbors, he is entitled to some consideration as the first builder in Boston. 

The greater part of Mr. Blackstone's life is shrouded in the obscurity which he seemed to 
court. A man who preferred solitude to society, and who, as soon as the new settlers of Boston 
began to increase in numbers, removed farther into the wilderness, he was apparently not 
over-communicative, even to his new neighbors, as to the events of his previous life. 

From Edward Johnson's notice of him (" Wonder-working Providence," p. 20) it would appear 
he was a clergyman of the Church of England, and he is supposed to have been a graduate of 
Emanuel College, Cambridge, where he received his bachelor's degree in 1G17 and his master's 
degree in 1G21. He probably came to this country with Capt. Robert Gorges in 1623, and 
may have gained his title to Shawmut by lease or purchase from Gorges. When or however 
he came, he had a title which Winthrop and his party respected, since they bought his lands. 

The new settlers jiassed few less fortunate days than those of their residence in Charles- 
town. Sickness, lack of food and water soon discouraged them and made them seek for a new 
location whereon to found their dwellings. At this time Mr. Blackstone, becoming ac- 
quainted with their needs, visited tliern and advised them to remove to his peninsula. This 
advice was speedily followed, and in less than two montlis from the time of their arrival the 
greater part of the settlers had passed from Charlestown to Shawmut and had begun the im- 
provements necessary for the reception of the rest. When Mr. Blackstone invited the colo- 
nists to become his neighbors he probably had no thought of betaking himself to other and less 



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civiliziMl suiTmiiii!iuj,'s ; liut ai'tpi- I'cmr years of their company he sold his estate, awl in 1634 
removed to Kehoboth. As he is said to have told his neighbors that he "left England because 
of his dislike of the Lord Bishops but he found that he did not like the Lord Brethren any 
better," it seems reasonable to suppose that this hermit of the new world was in favor of 
a broader and more tjolerant freedom that was yet known either to cavalier or roundhead, 
priest or puritan, "fhc remainder of Mr. Blackstone's life was spent in Rehoboth. Li 1659 
he was married by (5overiior Endicott to Mary, the widow of John Stevenson of Boston, with 

whom he lived until her death in 1673. Mr. Blackstone died two 
vears later, leaving one son, through whom it is said that he is to- 
day the ancestor of a quite numerous posterity. Thus lived and 
Iji?^' ff^- - (lied William Blackstone, not only first settler and the first builder 

' y- ' ' - - Mll^L iij- p.iiston, but in a true sense the founder of that city, since it was 

by liis efforts that (iovernor Winthrop and his party were induced 
to remove thither fioin their Charlestown settlement. 

.\s to Mr. Blackstone's house less is known than as to his life. 
The nature of the improvements in his place were such as to author- 
ize a belief that he had lived there seven or eight years. Its location 
was loiiu' a contested ])oint among Boston antiquarians ; but the 
(pu'stiou was practically settled by the late Nathaniel I. Bowditch, 
wlio asserts that it was at the bottom of Beacon Street, bounded 
southerly liy the Common and westerly by the Charles Kiver. 
The house itself must, from the exigencies of its construction, have 
been a nide affair at best, and one little calculated to be com- 
pared with tlie stately and elegant buildings which now occupy 
lieacon Street and its surrounding territory ; yet such a comparison 
woidd undoulitedly best illustrate the progress of two and one-half 
centuries of Boston's buildings. 

[n the other portions of the territory now inchuh'd mi tlie city limits of I'lOstou there were 
Inmses or habitations wliicli antedated the settlement of Winthrop's party, but probably noiu; 
older than that of Mr. Blackstone. Those who arrived in Charlestown in 1629 found Thomas 
Walford ■■ living in an English house, palisadoed and thatched, situate on tlie south side of 
the westernmost hill of the East l''ield. a little way up from the Charles Kiver side" (probably 
on Breed's Hill, near the water). Two years after, he was driven away by the authorities of 
Massachusetts, probably bir his heretical opinions; thus proving that the (question of priority 
of title did not greatly trouble ovir doughty jiuritan ancestors. 

Mr. Samuel Maverick seems to have been the first house owner in East Boston (Xoddle's 
Island), where he was located before 1629; and he is mentioned in juany places in the early 
chronicles for his liberal hospitality to the new settlers, many of whom were entertained at his 
home. In fact he was put to some trouble in 1641 through his hospitality, lieing fined -t'lOO 
(a part of which was afterward remitted) for admitting to his house two persons who under 
accusation of crime had escaped from custody. 

The first houses in Boston proper were nearly all built along the highway to Roxbury (now 
Washington Street), and upon Tremont Street north of what is now Winter Street. 




ni'ii.DiNo voi:mf.i;i.v c oi;m.;k 

DOCK S(aAI:r, ANIi ANN STl;l.l:i 
(NOW N(.>UTII). 



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There were also a tew on the "way leading from the orange tree to tlie ferry'" (now Hanover 
Street) and the "lowermost higliway" (now North Street). 

The limits of the town for the first twenty years were within tlie space bounded northerly 
by what is now Prince Street and southerly by Eliot Street. Tliere was, during this tinie, 
scarcely a building west of the present Tremont Street. The water, of course, formed the 
natural boundary on the east. Tlie main streets above mentioned were crossed by a few other 
short ones, and there were a few lioiises here and there around the great cove and near Milk 
and Summer streets and Corn Hill (now Fort Hill). 

As the first settlers of Boston were mainly people of good finnily and accustomed to sub- 
stantial residences in England, when they commenced building in tlie new town it was generally 
in the shape of comfortable frame houses; indeed, there were a few houses of brick and stone 
built very early. Miid houses were only known in the earliest days of the town and were 
then occupied only by the poorest of the citizens. 

The houses at first were one story in height, with thatched roofs; but it was not long before 
those who could afford a more pretentious dwelling began to build tlieir houses with two storie.s 
in front and a slanting shingled roof running to within one story above ground in the rear. 
Double (hipped) roofs came afterward into fashion, and the projecting stories (or jetties) orna- 
mented with pendills at the corners were introduced after the great fire of 1679. At this 
time new styles of building began to appear, the houses with jetties being frequently rough 
cast, covered with cement, or pebbles or broken glass; and gables and towers began to be 
used. Three-story brick houses with arched window caps were now first erected, jjroliably 
because it became necessary to guard against the fires which had become frequent and 
dangerous. 

These older houses were generally built about a large central chimney, which gave a capacious 
fireplace to every room and an oven to the kitchen. 

The fireplaces, which were quite large enough to accommodate a whole family around the 
hearth, were paved with squares of baked clay, and, in the sitting-room or parlor, usually 
adorned with small Dutch tiles (frequently decorated with scriptural illustration.s), and each 
had its mantel-shelf. The entrance to the house was usually through a little porch which led 
into a small entry, through which small dcjors opened into the front rooms, one of which was 
used as a parlor, or ofteuer as a sleeping chamber for the old folks. The other v/as the living 
room, and became work-room, sitting-room or dining-room as needed; and through this one 
entered the back imrt of the house, which was divided off into kitchen, pantiy, dairy, and 
frequently several chambers. The spinning-wheel and loom, indispensable adjuncts of house- 
keeping in those days, occupied a part of the garret or second story (if there was one), and the 
remainder was given up to lodging and store rooms. There were comfortable window seats, 
built to eke out the chairs, beneath windows glazed with tiny oblong or lozenge-shaped panes 
of thick and uneven glass, and the china and household ware was stored in br^ffets built in 
the corner of the room. 

Probably there is not a single building now standing in Boston in which this interior 
arrangement can be seen, and in 1845 the building at the corner of Ann (now North) Street 
and Dock Square was the only one standing which partook in any considerable degree of the 
architecture pritir to 1700. The description of this building (Dearborn's "Boston Notions," 



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yiltST HOUSK IN ISOSTUN. 



p. 39) states that '-the original timber still (1848) supports tlie building and the [)eaks of 
the roof are the same. The rough-cast plastering has broken glass imbedded in it, on whicli 
the storms of 1G8 years have made but little impression; the building is o2 feet in length and 
17 feet wide. . . . Bendall's Cove novered the whole of Dock Square up to the end of 
Brattle Street, and the tide-vv^aters rose, on the south and southwest sides, to the narrow side- 
walk of this Iniilding." 

fnfortunately this last remnant of the seventeenth century has 
disappeared before the march of improvement in business properties. 
Tt was demolished in ISfJO to make room for a larger and more pre- 
tentious modern structure. 

The first church (or meeting-house, as it was then called ) in Boston 

was erected in 1(532, divine services prior to that time being held in 

jirivate houses. It stood on the site now occupied by Brazer's 

bloi^k, on the soiith side of State Street, and jirobably nuuained 

standing about nine or ten years. It is said to iiave had mud walls 

and a thatched roof, and no further information in regard to its 

appearance or dimensions appears to be on record. In 1640 a new 

meeting-house of wood was erected upon Washington Street, where 

the Rogers building now stands. This building wns destroyed by 

tire seventy-one years later. About two years later, on the sam<^ site, was built a substantial 

brick church, which stood until 1808, when it wns torn down and a. new Imilding erected in 

1808 on Chauncy Place. 

The second clumdi, called also thr •■Ohl North," was bni-nt "to ashes" in 1(i7(>, ami reliuilt 
in 1077. Both of these edifices were of wood. This latter building was torn to pieces for fire- 
wood by tlie British, during their occupancy of the city at the time of the Revolution; after 
whicli its parish united with a church then known as the "iS^ew ]5riek," which had been built 
in 1721. The s\ieC(>ssor to this church, built of stone, in the Gothic style of architecture, 
was dedicated on the Kith d:iy of September, 1845. Among the pastors of this churcii prior to 
that (late were Samuel, Increase, ami Cotton Mather, Henry W:ire, Jr.. and Ralph AV;il<lo 
Emerson. 

In l(!r)2 money was first (>oined in Boston, tlie (leneral Coui't autlun-iziiig .lohn 11 nil and 
Robert Sanderson as othcers lor " melting, refyning, and cojning of silver." Steps wert^ then 
taken to erect a " mint-house," and it was ordered that the "sajd mint-house should lie sett 
vppou the land of the sajd John Hull;" and when lie should cease to be mint-nuister, the 
county was to have the ground on which the house stocid. at the valuation of ■• two indefferent 
men eipially chosen by the Countje and sajd John Hull." 

Decidedly the most important, ancient landmark in Boston is the Town House, now known 
as the old State House; and for that reason, as well as from the fact that it stands to-day as 
closely as possible in its original shape, it merits more tlian a brief notice. As early as lf)34 a 
lot was set apart for a market-place, on State Street, in front of the tirst meeting-house, and 
recorded in the Book of Possessions in 1645. Tliis spot was encircled, as at present, by two 
arms of State (then King) Street, and nothing of its original dimensions has been taken away. 
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as the general and great (j^narter courts, were held in the meeting-house. On the southerly side 
of State Street, at the corner of Washington, lived Capt. Robert Keaynt\ This gentleman died 
in 1656, and proved by his will that he had justly been considered a public-spirited friend 
of the city. One of the founders of the Ancient and Honorable Artillery Company and a 
prominent merchant, he left at his death some £4,000 — then considered an enormous for- 
tune — and which he devised by a will of 158 folio pages written with his own hand (the 
work of three years !). Providing for his son with one-half of his fortune, the other half was 
devoted to various public uses; viz., £300 for the Town House, £100 for the Granary, £50 
to the free school, £50 to the poor of his church, £100 to Harvard College, and many other 
bequests and legacies. 

The £300 to be laid out in building a conduit anil a market-place were to provide a ''Couvimi- 
ient room or two for the courts to meet in . . . and a convenient room for a library and 
a gallery or some other handsome room for the elders to meet in ; also a room for an arm- 
ory." There was also to be a room for merchants, masters of ships and strangers. 

The selectmen liegan to take action respecting the legacy in 1(!57, appointing a committee 
" to consider of the modell of the town house to bee built .... :is also to take sul)- 
scriptions of the inhabitants to propagate such a building." 

Edward Hutchinson and John Hull were appointed commissioners to attend to the erection 
of a Town House, and they agreed with Thomas Joy aiul Bartlioloniew I>ernad to erect the 
building for £400 — £100 of which was to be raised by 
subscription; but as the work progressed it was discovered 
that more money would be needed, and £367 lis. was 
contributed by about one hundred citizens of the town. 
I'he final cost of the Town House was £680. 

Ifntortunately no picture of this first Town House 
is preserved. It is 3() feet wide and 6() feet long, and 
erected upon 21 pillars, 10 feet high, projecting o feet 
over the pillars on each side. There was a walk on the 
to]), about 15 feet in width, with two turrets, and railings 
about the walk. The details in the s])ecifieation show that 
the town exercised care to obtain a good and substantial 
building. 

The first Town House was completed some time prior 
to March, 1659, as at that time the selectmen passed an 
order that no one should smoke or bring fire under or 
about the Town House. It was repaired in 1667, by 
order of the Legislature; and in 1671 "a firm whole wall 
to the bottom of the braces with brick or stone" was 

ordered, to prevent "inconvenience by rotting the timbers, etc." Tlie lower portion of tlie 
building appears to have been partitioned off into shops, with a large space reserved for daily 
exchange. Upstairs were three nxuns ; one for rrovernor and Council, and out; for the Represent- 
atives, and some anterooms. 

In 1711 the first building was destroyed in a terrible confiagration. In it had presided 




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(ioveinois Eiidicott, Bellinghain, Levcrett, Bradstreet, Aiidros, Pliips, Stougbtoii, Belloinout, 
and Joseph Dudley. It was the centre of the revolution when the colonists, hearing that 
William of Orange had landed in England, rebelled against King James and imprisoned his 
Governor. Although success in tlie English revolution secured immunity for these Boston 
rebels, yet tlie participants here were ignorant of its result and for more than a month were 
avowed rebels. Thus was the old Town House the veritable cradle of liberty, and there is no 
doubt tliat this early struggle for rights greatly influenced the after history of the city and the 
nation of wliich it is now a j^art. 

After its destruction in 1711 the Legislature was at once petitioned for "Advice and 
Direction for the Restoring and Rebuilding of the House for Publick Uses and about the place 

wliere to set the same." After some 
preliminary suggestions by commit- 
tee tlie Ijegislature voted, in March, 
1712, that the building be not more 
than 112 nor less than 110 feet in 
lengtli; and in November of the 
same year tliat the committee " fit 
tlie East Chamber for the Use of 
His Excellency the Governor and 
tlie Honorable the Council, the Mid- 
lUe Chamber for the House, the West 
Chamber for the Superior and Infe- 
rior Courts," and that " there be but 
two offices below stairs in the Prov- 
ince and Court House now building 
in Boston, one for the Secretary, 
the other for the Registry of Deeds." 
This was the building which is 
still standing. Its architect and builder are unknown, but its architecture shows markedly 
the '■ Queen Anne " influence. Neither the fire of 1747 nor the changes in the building have 
in any way affected its exterior walls. 

In this chamber presided, from 1711 to 1747, Governors Joseph Dudley, Samuel Shute, 
Jonathan Belcher, and William Shirley, together with Lieutenant Governors William Taller 
and William Dummer, Acting Governors ; and here was planned the capture of Louisburg. 

After the fire of 1747 the reb\iilding was done at the charge of the State, county and 
town — one-half to the State and the remainder equally between the town and county. All 
the features of this building have been restored and may be seen by anyone who will take 
the trouble to examine it. 

However, prior to the fire of 1747, the town had ceased to regard the Town Hall with 
undivided pride. In 1740 Peter Faneuil, in view of the need of the town for a market, 
offered to build such a house at his own charge and present the same to the town. At the 
town meeting to wliich the acceptance of this generous proposal was left, a bare majority of 7, 
out of a total of 727 votes, declared in favor of its acceptance. About two years elapsed 




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before it was finished, and then the town books and papers were moved thereto — Faneuil 
Hall became the Town Hall, aud the building on State Street beoanie the State Hokkh. 

At a town meeting held in Faneuil Hall soon after its completion the people atoned for 
their rather ungracious acceptance of the gift by a vote of thanks, Mr. Faneuil having "at/ a 
very great expense ei-ected a noble structure, far exceeding his first iiroposal inasmuch as it 
contains not only a large and sufficient accommodation for a 
Market-jjlace but has also superadded a spacious and most beautiful 
Town Hall over it, and several other convenient rooms, etc." 
At the same time it was voted, "that in testimony of the town's 
gratitude to Peter Faneuil, Esq., and to perpetuate his memory, 
that the Hall over the Market-place be named Faneuil Hall and 
at all times hereafter be called and known bj- that name.'' 

The original Faneuil Hall was of brick, 100 by 40 feet, and fin- 
ished so elegantly as to be an ornament that the town might well 
be proud of. It was destroyed by fire in 17(51, aud was rebuilt by 
the town in 1703, a cut of tliis second l)uil<ling being shown. 
In 177."> it was used by the l*>ritish as a tlieatre, until they were 
obliged to evacuate the town the following year, lu 1805, the 
need being urgent for a more spacious public building (the Old 
South Church had been frequently used in cases where large meetings were held), Faneuil Hall 
was enlarged to its jjresent dimensions. 

To return to the old State House : During the succeeding years there were souu^ min(u- 
changes made in its form, but it continued substantially the same until the new State House 
was erected on Beacon Hill. Then the courts were transferred to the old Court House, on 
Court Square, and the building let to various tenants. After a dispute with the State as to 
title to sell the property, the Commonwealth's interest in the iiremises was purchased by the 
town, and the building was thereafter let for business purposes until 1S30, when, l>oston having 
become a city and requiring a City Hall, it was decided to use the old State House for that 
purpose. It was remodeled by Isaiah Rogers and William Washburne, the aildition being 
patterned after Greek models. It had narrowly escaped destrui-tion by tire in 1S2(), and in 
1832 it caught fire, but fortunately the damage was small. 

After the removal of the City Hall to its School Street site tlie building was again 
abandoned to trade aud rapidly deteriorated — being defaced by signs and an unsightly 
mansard roof, while the rooms were greatly subdivided by partitions. In 1881 the city 
government authorized its restoration, which was hapjjily accomplished, and the old building 
stands to-day as a relic of the later colonial days, and is occupieil as the home of the 
Bostonian Society's collections of antiquities. 

Among the most distinguished of the old houses of Boston was the Old Trdvince House, 
so called on account of its age, and also because it was used as a residence by the Provincial 
Governors of Massachusetts. It was originally built for a private residence by Peter Sargeant, 
Esq., a wealthy Boston merchant, and was completed in 1679, at which time Mr. Sargeant 
affixed upon the famous iron balustrade over the front door the inscription — 



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TUF, MASS. i;KNEKAL JIOSIMTAL, blossom ST. 



After Mr. Sargeant's death, which occurred in 1713-14, hi.s widow offered the place for 
sale, and it was purchased by the Province in 1715, as a residence for the newly appointed 
Governor, Elizeus Burgess, Esq. 

When the house became the property of the Province it was a magnificent building, 
.spaciou.s, elegant, and convenient, with the most beautiful surroundings of any mansion in the 
town. It was a three-story brick building, with high roof and a tall cupola, which was 

surmounted by an Indian chief with a 
drawn bow and arrow, made by Deacon 
Shem Drown — wlio also made the 
grasshopper on Faneuil Hall. The ap- 
proach to tlie house was over a stone 
pavement, and by a long flight of stone 
steps, into a doorway as magnificent as 
those of many a royal residence in 
Europe. Enormous and beautiful sliade 
trees added much to the elegance of the 
scene, while the fence in front of the 
yard was of highly ornamental pattern, 
and at each end, on the street, stood 
small buildings used as porter's lodges. 
But Colonel Burgess never came to 
America to perform the duties of his office, which he resigned in 1716, and Hon. William 
Tailer, the Lieutenant Governor, acting in his place, was thus the first occupant of the man- 
sion house; while Col. Samuel Shute, who received his appointment in October, 1716, was 
tlie first Governor to occu])y this elegant state residence. 

After the departure of tlie last Royal Governor, Lord Howe, on March 17, 1776, the 
building was used for the accommodation of the officers of the American army ; and in 1796, 
after the erection of the new State House, it was sold to John Peck, who, being unable to 
make payment, reconveyed the estate, in 1799, to the Commonwealth. In 1811 it was granted, 
by Act of Legislature, to the Massachusetts General Hospital, by whose trustees it was leased 
to Daviil Greenough, Esq., in 1817, for a term of ninety-nine years. 

Erom this time on it was put to all sorts of purposes. The trees were removed, and a row 
of brick buildings, built upon Washington Street, excluded it from view. Eor some time it 
was conducted as a tavern by Thomas Waite, and in 1851 the whole building was changed in 
appearance, having been remodeled inside to accommodate a company of vocalists and the 
■outside covered with yellowish mastic. The old furnishings were sold and scattered, and the 
change was hardly less than was apparent after the fire of 1864, which destroyed the building, 
leaving only its walls standing. Tlie building was repaired, but without retaining a feature of 
the old house, which then vanished from sight and has since been slowly fading from memory. 
Passing with a bare mention of the birtliplace of Eranklin in Milk Street, which was 
destroyed in 1810, and the Green Dragon Tavern, in which the patriots of the Eevolution 



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used to meet, and which served as Boston's Masonic Hall in the olden time, until it was 
taken down in 1828, a word is due to the old stone house in Cross Street, which, at the time 
of its demolishment in 1864, was probably the oldest building remainintj in the city. Althoiigh 
to a casual observer it appeared to be a wooden house, it was in reality built chiefly of broken 
stone. Low in structure, a portion only containing two stories, with massive chimneys, built 
on the outside of the building, outer portions of the house were covered with thick slatestone 
at the top of each story, while the back part of the house was a wooden "lean-to" erected 
some time later than the main part of the building. It was originally known as "the Stone 
House of Deacon John Phillips in the Cross street," and was taken down by the city (to whom 
it had been devised by its late owner, Elisha Goodman, Esq., in 1849) for the purpose of 
widening Cross Street. 

The year 1712 was marked by the erection of two buildings which are both standing- 
to-day and both in a good state of preservation. The old State House has been already 
described, and a building which is of equal age now demands more than a passing notice. 

Probably no building in Boston is more generally known than the " Old Corner Bookstore." 
The site \ipon which this building is located came, very early in the history of Boston, into 
the possession of Mr. William Hutchinson, the husband of the famous Ann, and who was 
obliged, on account of his wife's theological views, to depart from the jurisdiction o"f 
Massachusetts, finding a refuge in Rhode Island. After passing through several hands it came 
into the possession of Mr. Thomas Crease, an apothecary, in 1707, and in the great fire of 1711 
the buildings thereon were burnt to the ground. Soon afterward 

~Mv. Crease erected the brick building which is standing to this _^_ ^J^^s^. 

day, and which he probably used as a dwelling-house, with a 
small shop on the Cornhill side. In 178'.( it was occupied by 
Mr. Herman Brimmer, merchant, and Mr. John Jackson, broker, 
and was also Mr. Brimmer's residence until 1800. In 1817 the 
front part of the building was occupied by Dr. Samuel Clarke 
(father of Rev. James Preeman Clarke) as an apothecary shop, 
while he resided in the rear portion, and after 1828 the building 
was leased to Messrs. Carter & Hendee for a bookstore; and, 
although there have been several changes in the tenants, the busi- 
ness has remained the same. 

Returning again to the churches of Boston, there are three old 
landmarks which deserve especial mention. They are Christ 
Church, King's Chapel, and the " Old South Meeting House." 

The first of these is the oldest church edifice now standing in Boston, and was 
built by Episcopalians in 1723. It is of brick, 70 by 50 feet in size, and with steeple 17o feet 
high. It was also formerly known as the " North Church." The present steeple is an accurate 
representation of the original, which was blown down in 1804, and contains a fine chime of 
eight bells, the first cast for British North America. The interior decoration of the church 
is unique, and it contains furnishings taken from a Frencli vessel by a British inivateer in 1746, 
and presented to the church. The Bible, prayer book, and silver now in use were presented 
by King George II in 1733, while the church secured immortal fame in the history of the 
Revolution by the lanterns which Paul Revere displayed from its tower. 




OLD STATE UOUSK. 



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THE STATK Hl.ll'SK, KKAlOX ST. 



Tlie (Jld Siiutli Meetiug-liiiuse. at the corner of Washington and ^lilk streets, is most closely 
associated with the history of tlie struggle for independence. Tlie society was organized in 
1069, and a wooden meeting-house was erected soon after, winch was taken down in 1720 and 
the present brick structure built on the same spot. Here Franklin was baptized, Whitefield 
preached, Warren delivered his oration in the Boston ilassacre; the '-tea jjarty" started from its 
walls, and here annual election sermons were preached for many years. So closely was the build- 
ing identified with the patriot cause that the British soldier.s 
who occupied Boston took pleasure in degrading it to a riding 
school. It was providentially S])ared from the great fire of 
1S72, which burnt all around it, and almost as miraculously 
has thus far been preserved from the eipially dangerous 
march of modern improvement. It has not been used for 
divine worship since the erection of the society's new edifice 
in (_k)pley Square. 

King's Chapel, at the corner of School and Tremont 
streets, now a Unitarian church, was the first Episcopal 
church in Xew England, its society having been organized 
in IGSf) and a little wooden church erected. This structure, 
enlarged in 1710, was taken down in 17r)4 and replaced by 
the present structure. Its interior is very (piaint, preserv- 
ing the old-fashioned high box pews, and high pulpit and 
sounding-b(iard. 

Among the other churches standing in 184.") were a few which will give a slight idea of 
what was, at that time, the popular taste in ecclesiastical architecture. St. I'aul's Church, 
Iniilt in 1820, is of Grecian style architecture, with Ionic columns, and is liuilt of gray granite, 
with portico and columns in Potomac sandstone. In 1810 the Hollis Street Church, since 
partially demolished and partially remodeled into a theatre, and the Park Street Church, at the 
corner of Tremont and Park streets, were both built : and the West Church, at the corner of 
Lynde and Cambridge streets, liad been built since 1806. Coming down more closely to the 
])eriod our w^ork commences, we find the Bowdoin S(piare Bajitist Church, 1)8 by 73i feet, which 
cost .$70,000 and is a solid looking building with front of unhammered granite, and which 
was built in 1810; while the i\It. Vernon Church, on Ashburton Place, was dedicated in 
1844. In this church Dwight L. Moody was converted. 

The first school in Boston was, it is well known, the little one-story building which stood 
wliere the City Hall now stands, and which, organized in 1635, is to-day alive and thriving 
under the name of the Boston Latin Scliool. ^Moving across the street to the present location 
of the Parker House, it came thence in 1844 to the granite building wherein many of 
our readers obtained their classical education, and where it remained until the dedication of 
the magnificent new l;)uilding in 1881. 

The Public Librarv was not opened until 1854; liut the Boston Athemcuni. whi(di resulted 
from a reading-room established in 1807 by the Anthology Club, was, in 1845. located in Pearl 
Street, where it remained until the comiiletioii. in 1849, of its jiresent liuilding on Beacon 
Street. 



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Among the publie buildings which liave not as yet been mentioned, the State House is the 
largest and most important. It stands on the summit of lieaeou Hill, on a lot which was 
formerly Governor Hancock's cow pasture. The corner stone was laid in 1795 by Paul Eevere 
as grand master of the ^Masonic fraternity, and with an oration by Gov. Samuel Adams. The 
building is oblong in shape, 17.'! by 61 feet, of the Corinthian order of architecture, and 
surmounted by a dome. Its total height is 110 feet, and the lantern is over 200 feet above 
sea level. The turfed terrace in front of the building is adorned with two fountains, and 
statues of "Webster and Horace Mann. The original cost was over $133,000; but many 
expensive improvements and additions have since been made, one of the most imposing of 
which was the gilding of tlie dome in 1874. A succession of stone terraces, ascending from 
Beacon Street, ap])roach the main entrance, through which Doric Hallis entered, which contains 
the battle flags returned from the Civil War, and tablets, statuary, and guns. A more 
(iomplete description of the interior of the building can be better given when the additions 
of 1894-5 are descriljed. 

The Custom House, a large building of granite, in the form of a Greek cross and in the 
Doric style of architecture, w-as begun in 1S37, but not finished until 184',), at a cost to the 
United States Government of over .f>l,000,000. It will be described more fully in its place. 

The old Court House, on Court Street, surrounded by Court Scpiare, is a solid and gloomy 
granite Irailding, which was erected in 1833, at a cost of about .'$200,000, and was used until 
the completion of the new Court House, on Pemberton Scpiare, in 1891. It consists of three 
stories and a basement, and covers an area of 176 by 54 feet. On the Court Street front is a 
Doric portico, supported by four fluted ])illars, each of which weighs 25 tons. From this place 
Anthony Burns was returned to slavery, and ninny other __^^^ 

historic events have occurred about its walls. — ^ -- ^^_^^ 

The building on the northern corner of Tremont Street 
and Temple Place was erected in 1832 as a Masonic Tem- 
ple. It is built of Qixincy granite, and, as originally con- 
structed, had two towers, 16 feet square and 95 feet 
high, surmounted by battlements and Y'i'i'i^icles, while 
the rooms of its five stories were lighted by long arched 
windows. After the erection of the new Masonic Temple, 
in 1867, the buildnig was used by the United States 
Courts until their removal to the Post Cffice building, 
after which the building was sold for business purposes, 
and by .slight alterations and raising turned into a spa- 
cious and handsome dry-goods store. 

The Massachusetts General Hospital, whicli is to-day 
perfectly organized of its kind in the United States, bears also the distinction of being, with 
one exception (the Pennsylvania Hospital), the oldest. It was incorporated in 1811 Ijy a 
number of public-spirited citizens, at whiter time the corporation was granted the estate of the 
old Province House in fee simple, on condition that flOO,000 be raised by subscription 
within ten years, which was done. Three life insurance companies, which were incorporated 
between 1818 and 1845, were rerpiired to pay to the hosjjital one-third of their net profits, and 







ruE CUST05I HOUSE, state st. 



one of the most complete and 



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many gifts aiul bequests were received from private citizens. The hospital stands at the west 
end of McLean Street, on wliat was furmerly I'rince's pasture. The main buihling, built in 
1821. is of Chelmsford granite, fitted for use Viy state prison convicts, and was considered the 
finest building in New England at the time. In 184() it was enlarged by the addition of two 
large wings, and other improvements and additions have been since made ; among them the 
construction, in IST-'i-T."). of the four new piaviliou wards, named the Jackson, "Warren, 

Bigelow, and Townsend wards, in honor of tlie four doctors 
who had rendered most valuable services to the hospital. 

The Boston Dispensary, founded in 1796 and incorporated 
in ISOl, is also the oldest institution of its kind in the 
city, and the third oldest in the country. Its central office 
occupied an old dwelling-house at the corner of Bennet and 
Ash streets, while it has since extended its branches all 
over the city. The building used by the Dispensary- is also 
useful as giving a good representation of the old mansion 
house of the Xorth End of the early p)art of this century. 

The Boston Female Asylum, which was instituted in 1800 
by a number of eminent ladies for the relief, instruction, 
and protection of female orphan children, originally occupied 
a building on Lincoln Street, but in 184G removed to the 
l)uilding on Washington Street, at the corner of Asylum 
Street, which building they still occupy. 

The ilerchants' Exchange building, which was on State 
Street, was erected in 1842; the building extending, with a 
public walk or thoroughfare throughout its entire length, 170 feet, into Lindall Street. In 
1845 this building contained the Boston Tost ()f!ice, a jniblic reading-room, a tahJa cVIiofe hotel 
under Ferdinand Gori, and varicms offices for public concerns. 

The hotels and pdaces of amusement remain to be mentioned. According to a list 
published in Dearborn's '-Boston Xotions" there were some eighty-five "public-houses" in the 
city at that time. Among those which are still in existence under the same name will be 
found the Adams, American, Merrimac, Quincy-, and Revere houses, the United States Hotel, 
and — but alas! no, the Tremont House cannot be included in our list, as it has just joined 
with the illustrious company of martyrs in the shape of glorious old landmarks devoured by 
the rapacious greed of the modern building craze. 

The Federal Street Theatre, which was built in 17;)3, and which had passed through a 
checkered existence — being alternatelj' opened as a theatre and closed on account of lack of 
pi-otit — was, in 1846, being put in readiness for a theatrical season; and the old INIiller 
Tabernacle, after witnessing the disappointed hopes of the anxious Adventists, had been let 
to a company of Ethiopian singers (negro minstrels), and they were exhibiting in 1845. 

In 1832 a building of wood was erected on the corner of Portland and Travers streets for 
equestrian performances. Tlie enterprise was not a success and the building was remodeled, 
and, under the name of the Warren Theatre, was successfully conducted by Mr. AVilliam Pelby, 
who eventually built the large "National Theatre," occupying some 16.000 feet of land. This 
was erected in 183(i, and was, in 1S4.">, the princii)al theatre in the city. 



BOSTOX DISPEXSARY, BEXNET AXIl 
ASH STREETS. 



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The Boston Museuin, established in 1841 by Moses Kimball, occupieil a Imildiug on the 
site of the present Horticultural Hall, covering 10,001) feet of land; the lower story being 
occupied by five stores, while the jNluseuni hall occupied the remaining three stories. The 
front of the building was ornamented with Corinthian pillars. The present home of the 
Boston Museum was in process of construction in 1845, and was occupied in the following 
year. 

The general topography of the town did not change greatly until after the Kevolution. 
Towards the end of the last century, in 1784, Shurtleff relates, the Xorth End, which had 
then '• begun to lose its former prestige and gave unquestionable evidence of decay and 
unpopu.larity," contained about GSO dwelling-houses and tenements 
and six meeting-houses; "ISTew Boston,"" now called the old West 
End, and including Beacon Hill, about 170 dwelling-houses and 
tenements ; and the " South End," then extending from " Mill 
Bridge," in Hanover Street, over the old Canal, to the fortifica- 
tions on "the Neck" near Dover Street, about l'2r>0 dwelling- 
houses, ten meeting-houses, all the public buildings, and the 
principal shops and warehouses. Some of the mansion houses 
in this part of the city, according t(j Shurtleff, would have been 
considered magnificent in his time. 

Charles Street was laid out in ISOo, and this proved to be the 
beginning of a steady growth, which led up to the great improve- 
ments of the elder Quincy's administration as Mayor, after the 
town had become a city. In tlie meantime Dorchester Neck 
and Point were laid out, in 1804. The greater part of what 
is now South Boston was annexed and tlie city was incorporated. 

Under the administration of Mayor Quincy, from 1823 to 1829, was built the Quincy 
Market-house (which was officially called the Faneuil Hall, and thus was the cause of much 
confusion) ; six new streets were opened and a seventh was enlarged ; the city acquired flats, 
docks, and wharf rights amounting to 142,000 square feet — all of which was accomplished 
without any tax debt or burden ui)on the financial resources of the city, and which largely 
added to its productive property. 

Foremost among the dwelling-houses standing in Boston in^l845, as an example of the 
finest mansion house of the later colonial and revolutionary periods, but which unfortunately 
has been sacrificed to the march of modern improvements, was the " Hancock House." The 
house was built in 1737, on what afterwards became Beacon Street, by Thonuis Hancock, Esq., 
who, dying in 1764, left this mansion, with the bulk of his projierty, to his nepliew, John 
Hancock. Here lived the Alcibiades of the E evolution, with his equally famous wife; this 
house being, through the days of the Revolution and the early days of the Union, the centre 
of Boston's most brilliant society, wliile it was also, during Hancock's term as Governor, the 
executive mansion. In 1851) a strenuous effort was made in the State Legislature to purchase 
the house for a residence for the Governor, or any other public purpose, but the project 
failed; and finally, in 18(53, the house was sold and demolished, two large stone mansion 
houses being erected in its place. 




THE MERCHAXT S EXCHAXC 
STATE STREET. 



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Tlie tirst block of huildiugs erected in Boston was that called the •• Tontine '" Ulock, in 
Franklin I'lace ; which was a ([uagmire and deemed useless until 1792, when it was drained and 
laid out as a f,'arden. Tu 179o a syndicate was formetl for the jnirpose of making investments in 
real estate; and, as a result, the corner stone for two crescent row's of sixteen buildings each, of 
tliree stories height, was laid, and the buildings erected about an ellijjtical grass plot of 300 
S(|uare feet, in the centre of which was a monumental urn to the memory of Dr. Franklin. 
The second row of brick buildings erected in Boston was on the west side of Court Street, 
between Howard Street and Bowdoin Square, and was called West Kow. This was in 1800, 
and South Row, next to the (jld South Church, was built at the same time, and iSTorth Bow, 
on the west side of Ann (North) Street, in 1802; while four Iniildings next to the I'ai'k Street 
Church were erected about the same time. ]!y the fall of 1804 the houses at the corner of 
Park and Beacon streets were built, Hamilton Place in 1806, Bumstead Place immediately 
after : Pinckney, Hancock, Myrtle, and Mt. Vernon streets, upon the whole extent of which 
there were but three houses in 1799, were soon covered with blocks of substantial and elegant 
dwelling-houses. 

In 1800 Beacon Hill had become the fashionalile (juarter of the town, and, together with the 
eminence west of it, had been leveled and the earth used to till up the mill ])ond (^where the 
Union Station is now located), by the Boston ]\Iill Corporation. Certain persons incorporated 
in 1800 as the Pond Street Corporation, for building Endicott Street to the old Cliarlestown 
Bridge, a distance of 1980 feet ; and soon after Charlestown Street was built, and the whole 

area of forty-two acres of made land was covered with dwell- 
ings and shops, Avhile Copp's Hill was being razed and brick 
buildings erected in Lynn ( Commercial) Street. 

Broad Street and India "Wharf and Street were each built 
by ail incorporated syndicate, and a line of four-story stores 
built on the west side of Broad Street, from State Street, to 
Purchase Street, 1473 feet in length. In 1810 was built 
C!entral Wharf, 1240 by 150 feet, and containing fifty-four 
stores. 

While all tins progress was being made, Mr. Cotting, who 
was the projector of manj' of these plans, projected Market 
Street (Cornhill). and a block ot stores was erected in 1817 
on each side, tliese being the first buildings erected in town in 
which granite pillars were united to brick walls. In 1819 
]'>rattle Street was opened, and a block of four-story houses, 
the first built of stone, erected on its north side. Fort Hill 
Avas improved and sold for dwelling-houses, being called Wash- 
ington Place, and being built about a green plot 200 feet in dia- 
meter, ornamented with trees and enclosed by a fence. The neighborhood of the Massachusetts 
(ieneral Hospital, extending nearly to Craigie's Bridge and North Eussell, Vine, and I'ojdar 
streets, \vhich had been marsh and pasture grounds, was made into good building lots and 
covered with substantial houses. Elegant mansit)ns were continually being erected on Beacon 
Street, and the east side of the Common, known as Colonnade Eow, in 1811 contained 




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A HALF fENTURV OF BdSTOX's lUILDINd. 31 

twentj'-four buildings uniform in size and shape; wbile many squares, fourts, rows, and 
places, containing from six to twelve buildings each, were erected in various parts of the town. 
Taking a brief siirvey of the developments of the city of Boston in 1S45, we find that a 
great deal of building was done about that year. From Dearborn's " Boston Notions " we are 
able to gather a list of the buildings and other imjirovements at that time and during the 
immediate preceding years. The granite building at 122 State Street was built in 1823, four 
stories high and containing one store, by Benjamin Loring. In 1827 
the four-story granite building numbered 72 State Street was erected 
by Andrew J. Allen; and the granite corner block on Washington 
and Essex streets, three stories in height and containing three stores, 
was built in 1832. In 1831 the tliree-story granite block containing 
two stores, at 95 and '.17 Washington Street, was built by John 
Borland. In 1834 the three-story granite block of six stores, north 
of Aniory Hall, by Kittredge & lUake ; and in 183/5 Amory Hall was -j^j-^^I^^A^,^^ _A^* y* V^^y- 



built by Henry Codman. at the corner of West and Washington 

streets — the latter building having three stores on the lower floor. ^°--, °<^^^°Zp-_ " ^^ 

and two large halls above for public meetings, and five rooms for ~^ ^«- -- 

offices. FinsT meetixcj-housk tx bostox. 

Fulton Street was greatly improved, in 1838. by the erection of 
several blocks of brick buildings for commercial purposes. Lowell, Billerica and Xassau 
streets were all formed, and built up with rows of dwelling-houses, between 1835 and 1840 ; 
and Bath Street, leading from Congress and Water streets and curving easterly to Milk Street, 
was built up with stores and warehouses. 

In 1840 was built the two-story granite building, 192 Wasliington Street, by Col. Henry 
Sargent; and in 1843 the granite block of three four-story stores at the corner of School and 
Washington streets, by David S. Greenough. Hon. Abbott Lawrence, in 1844, erected the 
Lawrence Block of two warehouses on Milk Street ; and during the same year Ferry Street, 
from Ann (North) to Fulton Street, and Barrett and Shoe and Leather streets, were covered 
with four-storj- warehouses. The Massachusetts Horticultural Society, in the same year, 
erected a handsome building on School Street, on the site of the Latin schoolhouse. with the 
lower stoiy for the society's seed store and with an exhibition hall above. 

In 1845 was erected the "Cruft Block"" of five four-story granite-front warehouses, on 
Peace Street, with six dwelling-houses in the rear, Iniilt by ^Iv. Cruft; the "Milk Street 
Block" of four granite-front stores fronting Federal Street, by William Goddard; "Bowdoin 
Block,'" comprising three warehouses, on Milk Street, by Andrew Carney ; Morton Block of 
five warehouses, on Milk Street, by Mr. Pliny Cutler and others; the '-Old South Block" 
of three warehouses on the Parsonage-house site ; a block of stores on the corner of Milk and 
Hawley streets, and one on the corner of Milk and Atkinson streets; two four-story granite 
warehouses, by Hon. Abbott Lawrence, on the site of the Federal Street Baptist Church 
(which society removed in this year to their new edifice on Rowe Street), and another block 
of three warehouses on Federal Street nearer the theatre; the "Diamond Block"" of wooden 
stores at the corner of Union and Hanover streets, erected by Mr. Diamond; the granite 
block numbered 281. 285 and 287 Washington Street, erected by Franklin Dexter; the granite 



,32 A HALF < ENTIKY OF BOSTOx's BUILDIX<;. 

block on the corner of Boylston and Washington streets, and the two four-story stores north 
of the Moseley Block, built by John I. Brown; and the granite block of four stores on State 
Street, built by the Merchants' Bank. In addition to all these, the same year witnessed the 
erection of granite blocks on the corner of Wilson's Lane and Washington Street, at the west 
corner of Devonshire and State streets, at 91 W^ishington Street, on Washiugtyn Street south 
of West Street, at the corner of Washington Street and Spring Lane, and at the corner of 
State and Broad streets — the latter being built for the firm of Samuel Thaxter & Sou, whose 
successors are still its occupants. 

Hanover Street was greatly im])roved by many new buildings, Eichmond Street was 
widened, and Ann (North) Street, which "has of late years housed the most degraded part of 
the city population, is under the leveling application of the pick-axe and broom, the clearing 
off the old rubbisli has begun"' — and new buildings were being erected. In the northwest 
part of the city great additions were made of land reclaimed from the tide waters and extensive 
rows of brick buildings erected, among the streets thus built lieing north Charles Street, 
Livingstone and Auburn streets. Railroad Wharf, next north of Commercial Wharf, was 
mostly reclaimed i'rom tide water and built on in 1845, having a long range of granite 
warehouses of four stories on one side, and a hotel on the south range. 

From these rambling notes and imperfect outlines the reader may be able to form some 
general idea of the city of Boston as it appeared fifty years ago. The buildings, although 
substantial, were generally severe in outline, and, while well adapted to the business needs of 
that day, would be totally inadequate to the bustle and rush of our modern trade. Yet, to the 
inhabitants of that day, they w^ere beautiful and imposing. The increase of the qualities of 
grace and beauty in our more recent architecttire shows a niost surprising ccsthetic 
development of the people all along the line. It will be our duty, in the succeeding chapters, 
to trace this development step by step. 




1845 TO 1872. 

N the preceding chapter the foundation and early history of the building interests 
have been briefly sketched, and many of the historic structures mentioned and 
described, down to a time when the city of Boston, having become in a most 
literal sense "The Hub of the Universe" — the centre of trade, of commerce, of 
intelligence, of culture and refinement, of business enterprise and activity — it began to 
■ develop along the lines of modern science the architectural and mechanical construction of 
its buildings. A time since which, as one writer very tersely puts it, "a new and modern 
architecture in its buildings has largely superseded the old and radical changes have been 
made in every direction," making this "a most attractive modern city, frankly accorded to 
be — even by those from other jilaces proud of their own cities — the finest in the country." 

Coming now to the real subject of this work, " A Half Century of Boston's Building," we 
find ourselves at a period when the young and ambitious city was enjoying its highest degree 
of commercial success; when the steam railroad had just begun to develop as a successful 
enterprise and an important aid to business interests ; when the steamship had become a reality, 
revolutionizing the carrying trade between this and foreign countries — a trade in which Boston 
very largely and successfully engaged ; and when, encouraged by many signs of rapidly 
growing prosperity on every hand, capital was seeking investment here. As a natural 
consequence the building interests were greatly enhanced and forwarded, and the improvement 
of real estate holdings was rapidly pushed forward to meet the demands which the increasing 
business created. 

Up to this time the buildings had been constructed for the immediate rather than for the 
future demands, and were neither as large or substantial as are those which have since been 
erected. While there were, here and there, buildings that, in point of architectural design and 
mechanical skill in construction, would compare favorably with those of a more modern time, 
they were the exception and not the rule, and there are few of them now left as landmarks, 
connecting the present with the past. Old Boston exists only as a historical reality; the new 
Boston of to-day is the growth of the past fifty years, the development of the modern 
metropolis upon the foundation which had its origin in the little unpretentious building 
erected by the Rev. William Blaxton more than two hundred and fifty years ago. 

During the past fifty years the growth of the city has been gradual, but steady and 
progressive ; not marked by any of those x^eriodical " booms " which have, in recent j-ears, 
developed some of our western towns from straggling villages to populous cities in a single 
decade. Not by the sudden development of some new industry or enterprise, such as has given 
an impetus to the building interests in other and newer sections, but with the proverbial 
conservativeness of New Englanders, the building up of the city has been upon a solid and 
substantial business basis, calculated to produce a metropolis of grand and elegant proportions, 



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a model of thrift and beauty, witli a wealtli of magnificent and handsome buildings, both 
public and private, which have made for tlie city a name and fame, in this respect, unsurpassed 
by any in the world. 

The increase in the property valuation of the city during this period has been 
phenomenally large. In three decades, from IcSlO to 1820, 1840 to 1850, and 1860 to 
1870, the valuation of the city more tlian doubled. In 1840 the valuation of the city is given 
at f 94,581,600. At the present time it is very close on to $1,000,000,000 ; showing that the 

building up of the city in the past fifty years has added about 
$905,418,400 to its valuation, or an average of about $18,000,000 
per year. This increase is largely represented in buildings and 
real estate improvements, the developments of which form a very 
interesting part of tlie history of tlie city. 

And now let us look over the city as we find it in 1845, and 
view and describe some of the more prominent buildings erected 
since that time, together with the development of the city up to 
the time of the large fire in 1872, which destroyed many of the 
large business blocks, causing a loss of over $75,000,000, and lay- 
ing waste a large tract of territory in the business centre of the 
city. 

In a previous chapter many of the early buildings have been 
mentioned and described, giving a general idea of the design and 
other features, which are more interesting as studies of the early 
history of building than as showing any particular style or design 
of architecture, as it was not until the beginning of the present century that we find special 
attention given to the development of the architectural effect in building, and even then only 
displayed in public buildings, a number of which still stand as monuments to the pioneer of 
architectural design in Xew England, Mr. Charles Bulfincdi. Later on, however, as the city 
grew in population and wealth increased, we find that the art was employed in the design of 
almost every class of housings, and especially the residences of prosperous and successful 
business men. 

At the beginning of the period to which this chapter refers, beginning in 1845, the 
builder's art had developed considerably and architecture had become an established 
profession. As examples of the progress which had been made in tliese directions, we have 
several notable buildings, among them being the old State House, Faneuil Hall, the old 
County Court House, United States Custom House, and numerous churches, as well as many 
private buildings, several of which have been mentioned and descriljed in a previous chapter. 

As the city had at this time arrived at the most prosperous period in its history, it is not 
surprising that we find the growth of the next few years both rapid and progressive, and a 
large number of new and handsome buildings being erected, the more prominent of which will 
here be described without attempt to arrange them in the exact order in which they were 
built. 

Among these there are none which impress the beholder more certainly with their 
massiveness and solidity, than the United States Custom House, with its solid granite walls and 



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substantial proportions. This building was completed in 1847, although begun twelve years 
before. It was designed by Ammi Young, and is in the form of a Greek cross. It is of the 
purely Doric style of architecture and at the time it was built was considered a very handsome 
as well as ornamental building. It is 175 feet long, 95 feet wide at the centre and 75 feet at 
the ends. Surmounting the main part of the building is a large oval-shaped dome, which, 
like the rest of the building, is of granite. Around the outside of the building are thirty-two 
fluted granite columns, 5 feet 4 inches in diameter, and weighing about forty-two tons each. 
On the interior, supporting the ceiling of the main part of the building, are twelve marble 
columns, 29 feet high and 3 feet in diameter. The rotunda is in the Grecian-Corinthian style 
and is 63 feet by 59 feet and 62 feet high. 

Sufficient has been said of this important building to give an idea of its proportions and its 
general appearance. At the time it was built it stood at the water's edge, where the tide 
ebbed and flowed at its very door, while vessels lay at the wharf alongside with their prows 
almost touching it. But with the development of the great and growing commercial and 
business interests of the city, more room was required in this immediate vicinity for the great 
warehouses and storehouses which have since grown u]) around it, and old ocean was crowded 
back, farther and farther away, until at the present time it stands 
quite away from the water front, high and dry amid its surround- 
ings. The cost of this building was $1,073,371, but this great 
outlay was amply justified, as it is still in good condition and will 
stand for ages unless the ruthless hand of a progressive and am- 
bitious generation destroys it to make room for a more modern 
structure. 

Among the public buildings with which the city is well sup- 
j)lied, there are none which have attracted more attention, or of 
which the Bostonians are more proud, than the City Hall, which 
■was dedicated September 17, 1865. At the time it was built it 
■was 2)ronounced, by those competent to judge, to be the most 
elegant municipal building in the country, both as to its architect- 
ural design and its adaptability to the purposes for which it was 
constructed. It was designed by G. J. F. Bryant and Arthur 
Gilman, is of the Italian Renaissance style of architecture, anil 
cost the city nearly a half-million dollars. The follo'wing descrip- 
tion of the building is from the book issued by the city, containing 
the dedicatory exercises, etc. : — 

" The face of the entire principal front of the building, and 
that of the west side, are of white granite. The basement on all 
sides, together with the trimmings of the rear and of the east 
side, are of the same material ; while the ashlar or face of these two latter facades is of 
the stone from the old city hall, which occupied a ijortiou of the site on which the present 
edifice stands. The exterior walls are backed with brick, and are vaulted between the facing 
and brick. With very few exceptions all the interior partitions are of brick, many of them 
containing air .spaces which serve for the ventilation of the principal apartments. The 




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basement, first, second, and third stories are wholly fire-proof, their floors being composed of 
brick arches laid in cement, supported by iron beams. The staircase halls throughout every 
story are constructed in a similar )nanner, and, with the stairs, which are of iron, are fire-proof. 
The floors of the fourth, fifth, and attic stories, are of the best burnetized construction. The 
roof is also of wood, covered with copper and slate. 

"The interior finish of the first, or principal story of the building is in butternut. That of 
all the other stories is of pine, with the exception of counters, furniture, water-closet finish, 

etc., which is of oak, walnut, chestnut, and Imtternut. The 
grand entrance is from School Street into the first-story hall, 
which is leaved with squares of black and white marble; and, 
as the visitor enters, he beholds the magnificent staircases, 
which are, perhajjs, the most striking and effective feature of 
the interior. The construction of the risers and treads and 
outside stringer is of iron ; the ornamental moulded-face stringers, 
nowels, rail, and balusters being of solid oak. The continuous 
platform, which forms the landing in each story, is carried on 
eight oak columns, covering an iron column within, the columns 
standing in jiairs, fluted, and having rich Roman Ionic capitals 
carrying entablatures. The stairs diverge from tlie centre of 
the hall, opposite the main corridor in the first story, after 
rising ten stejis, in two separate flights, to the right and left, 
and are continued thus, in a double flight, to the flfth story. 
Standing, as they do, in a clear, unobstructed space of twenty- 
eight feet by seventy-two feet, and lighted above by five elabo- 
rately coffered and paneled skylight openings in the ceiling of 
the fifth story, at tlie height of ninety feet from the lower floor, 
the effect of these staircases is extremely spacious and imposing, and they are probably not 
equaled, either for dimensions or su])eriority of design and finish, by any in the country. 

" The dome which surmounts the building is surrounded by a balcony, from which rises a 
flagstaff, whose height above the ground is two hundred feet. Four well-executed lions' heads 
look out fiercely from the corners of the balcony, and a magnificent gilded eagle surmounts the 
centre of its front.'' 

Another of the notable public buildings, but of an entirely different nature, both as to its 
architectural design and the purpose for which it was constructed, is the '•' Charles Street 
Jail," built by the county of Suffolk in 1850-51, at a cost of about a half-million of dollars. 
This building, although luirdly up to the requirements of the present time, as a model jail, 
is still in use and is one of the landmarks which never fails to attract the attention of visitors 
as they approach the city from the west and north. It consists of a central octagonal structure 
of granite, three stories in height, with four wings radiating from it, each wing being two 
stories high. Three of these wings contain the cells, and the fourth is fitted up as a residence 
and office for the sheriff. There is nothing in the general design of this building which gives 
it any special claim to notice as sliowing the development of art in architecture, but it is 
nevertheless a good example of the solid and substantial manner in which the earlier buildings 
of the past half-century were built. 




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One of the most costly public buildings in the city, and one which is pointed to with pride 
by every Bostonian, is the great granite building erected by the United States government for 
a post-office and sub-treasury. Although this building was not completed at the time of the 
great fire, it was begun in 1869, and will be described with the other contemporaneous 
buildings at this time. In the " Boston of To-day," this building was described as a " great 
granite pile, a composition of pilasters and columns and round arched ornamented windows, 
covering nearly forty-five thousand feet of land. The facades rise one hundred or more feet 
above the sidewalk, and the central jtortiou of each reaches a height of one huiulred and 
twenty-six feet." The building is ornamented with numerous figures representing labor, arts, 
sciences, etc., which are all of large and impressive proportions. It is an elegant building for 
the purpose for which it was designed. Its cost was nearly $6,000,000. 

Boston has always, even in its earliest days, been noted for its interest in and development 
of intellectual and educational matters, and has always taken great pride in its institutions of 
this nature. In fact, no city in the world is better supplied in this respect, and certainly no 
city in America can boast of more elegant and costly structures, or those which show a higher 
development of modern art in architecture and general appreciation of the beautiful in its 
work. 

Among these may be mentioned the building of the Massachusetts Historical Society, 
which, however, has been entirely remodeled and altogether changed within recent years. It 
is chiefly of interest only in connection with its liistorical value, the society of which it is the 
home being the oldest historical society in the country, having been organized in 1791. The 
building is completely fire-proof, and contains a most 

valuable collection of historical literature and other __ 

documents. 

ISTot far away is the building of the Massachusetts 
Horticultural Society, also the oldest of its kind in the 
country, which is a dignified and substantial looking 
structure, erected in 1S64-5. It is of the Gothic style 
of architecture, and its front walls are embellished with 
several works of art, adding much to the general effect. 
This building also contains a library, and halls for the 
exhibits of horticulture which are held at regular inter- 
vals. 

One of the most noted buildings in the city, and in 
the country as well, is the handsome and substantial 
Boston Athena3um building, built in 1S49, growing out 
of the reading-room established by the Anthology Club 
as far back as 1807. It contains one of the most valu- 
able libraries in the country, including the library of 

General George Washington, and many other highly prized collections of literature. The 
building was designed by Edward C. Cabot, and is of the later Italian style of architecture, 
presenting "an excellent example of a Palladian palace front, with liigh basement of rusticated 
piers and round arches carrying an order of Corinthian pilasters with lofty windows between, 




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A HALF CENTUKY OF BOSTON S BUILDING. 



enibellislied with pedimental caps.'" The first floor is supported on ground arclies of brick, 
wliieh are set in the solid masonry of the basement. It is three stories higli, and is one of 
the lightest and most conveniently arranged library buildings in the city. While it is not 
a public library in any sense, those seeking for information which its collection of books con- 
tains are admitted, and shown every courtesy that makes it so justly celebrated among litera- 
teurs and historians. 

Still another of the notable buildings in this vicinity, although making no pretensions to 
architectural disiilay, is nevertheless of sufficient importance in connection with the notable 

buildings of the city to claim a place in the list. This i.s 
" ' ^"^^^^^ '''^'^''^'^ ' ^° '""^^: the old Music Hall, one of the largest halls in the city, 

built in 1852. The lack of outward display is more than 
." T compensated for in the interior finish, which has a grand 
and imposing appearance. Special pains were taken, in 
tlie designing of the great hall, to give good acoustic results, 
and they are remarkably fine. The liall is 130 feet long, 
78 feet wide, and 65 feet high, and has a seating capacity 
of nearlj' three thousand. 

The list of notable educational and literary institutions 
would not be complete without it included one Avith which, 
perhaps, the general public is more familiar than any 
other — the Boston Public Library, one of the largest and 
choicest, in point of the number and variety of its books 
and manuscripts, in the world, containing at the present 
time nearly a million volumes ; and although it has recently 
occupied a new and imposing building, the one which has for 
so long sheltered it is one of the landmarks of the city which it is to be hoped will be jireserved. 
This building is a rather plain brick structure, with no pretense to elaboration in its 
outward appearance, but which was well arranged for the purjjose it was intended to serve. 
Its dimensions are 128 by 82 feet ; its cost was $365,000. It was built in 1857. 

One by one the old landnuirks are being removed and their places taken by modern 
structures. Among the last to "join that innumerable throng" is the old Tremont House, one 
of the most familiar of the old buildings and the jjioneer first-class hotel in America, as it has 
always been one of the most popular. At this time, as it is being torn away to make room for 
an imposing modern business block, as well as because of its association with many of the 
stirring events of the past half-century, it is deserving of more than a passing notice. At the 
time it was built there was a dearth of hotel accommodations in the city, and there was a 
growing public demand for a first-class hotel. In 1824-5 the legislature incorporated a 
company for the purpose of constructing "a building or buildings to be used as a public hotel,'' 
Imt it was not until 1828 that the project received any further encouragement. In the spring 
of that year a fund was raised by popular subscription and the work of construction began. 
Among those who contributed to this fund were such men as Peter C. Brooks, Daniel Sears, 
Harrison Gray Otis, Samuel Appleton, Eobert G. Shaw, Samuel T. Armstrong, Samuel A. Eliot, 
and a long list of the prominent business men and mercantile firms. The corner stone was 
laid July 4, 1828, and the building was oj>ened to the public on October 16, 1829, a grand 




ELIOT SCHOOL, NORTH BEXNF.T ST. 
Established i-jii. Erected i%i%. 



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dinner being given in honor of the event, presided over by Hon. Josiali Quincy, mayor of the 
city, ^o better description of the building can be given than by a writer at the time, who 
says — "The general effect of the exterior of the Tremont Honse is imposing from its 
magnitude and its just ijroportions ; and the selection and execution of the decorated parts of 
the facade exhibit the classical taste of the architect, and his judicious adherence to the 
principles of Grecian architecture." The dining-room was said at the time to be one of the 
finest in the world, and was 73 feet long, 31 feet wide and 15 feet high. Many interesting and 
amusing anecdotes are told in connection with this famous old hostelry and those who 
frequented it. But alas, while it has outlived those who are so closely associated with its early 
history, it has at last fallen a prey to the march of progress and improvement instituted by 
the present generation, and will give place to a mammoth 
modern building, which, let us hope, will be a fitting ^ _ 

monument, placed upon the spot where once and for so 
long stood the pride of Boston hotels. 

The enterprise and executive ability of Boston business 
men has frequently been shown in meeting the demand 
for the accommodation of large gatherings, such as the 
great Peace Jubilee and Musical Festival, when temporary 
buildings were erected for the XDurpose. These two events 
-were celebrated in 1869 and 1872. The Peace Jubilee 
was held in an immense coliseum built especially for the 
occasion, which was one of the largest buildings of the 
kind ever erected in the city. Being built for temporary 
use only, there was no elaborate display of architecture in 
its design; and, like the building in which was held the 
great Musical Festival under the direction of P. S. Gilmore, 
it was a plain structure notable only for its size and 

seating capacity. Both of these buildings have long since passed away, and the place where 
they stood is now covered with modern buildings of a more elaborate and ornamental design. 
Another building of a similar nature was the great Moody and Sankey tabernacle, a large 
temporary brick structure, capable of seating 0,000 people, in which were held the great revival 
meetings which created such a religious enthusiasm in the city during the year 1877. Among 
the old houses of Boston now standing, made notable through their association or as the 
birthplace and home of some of the famous men who have long since passed away leaving 
nothing but their names and noble deeds as reminders of their existence, should be mentioned 
the old-fashioned painted brick hoiise of generous proxiortions located at 20 Hancock Street, 
where Charles Sumner, one of Massachusetts' greatest lawyers and statesmen, made his 
home for so many years, and where he died in 1874. This famous old house was also the 
home for many years of Judge Russell, ex-railroad commissioner and ex-collector of the 
Port of Boston. 

There is one class of buildings of which no mention has thus far been made, although they 
are among the best known and most visited. The theatres of Boston, with one or two 
exceptions, present but few features which would attract the attention of a passer-by. But 
what is lacking in the outward appearance is more than compensated for in the lavishness 




ADAMS SCHOOL, 

Established i-jil- 



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A HALF CENTUKY OF BOSTON S BUILDING. 











displayed on the interior finish and furnishings, in which respect they compare favorably 
with those of any city in the world. The first theatre to be opened in the city was a very 
modest aifair, being an old stable remodeled into a playhouse. This was in 1792. The first 
theatre building to be erected was the old Federal Street Theatre, which stood where is now 
the great business block of Jones, McDuffee & Stratton ; quite a pretentious building for those 
times, said to have been the finest'playhouse in the country, and was opened in 1794. Next 

came the old Haymarket Tlieatre, which occupied the site 
where now stands the elegant Tremont, opened in 1796. 
This was a large, unattractive wooden building, although with 
a well-arranged interior. In 1829 one of the most interest- 
ing of the old-time theatres was opened. It was called the 
Tremont, and stood on the site of the present Tremont 
Temple. Next came the Warren, located on Travers Street, 
a small wooden affair ; but, unlike some of its contempora- 
ries, it proved a financial success, and in 1836 was replaced 
by a more pretentious building and the name changed to the 
National Theatre. The site of the present Gaiety and Bijou 
Theatre is one which a number of playhouses have occupied, 
and is wliere the famous old Lion Theatre, opened in 1836, 
stood. The old Eagle Theatre was the next to be built, and 
was opened in 1842. Among the other playhouses that have 
existed from time to time, down to the time of the great fire in 1872, are the Boston Adelphi, 
the Dramatic Museum, the Aquarial Gardens, Morris Brothers' Opera House, the old Continent- 
al, the New Tremont (not the present liouse by the same name); besides a score or more 
of minor museums and halls, wliich had brief existences. 

Among the theatres of to-day, built during the period to which this chapter is devoted, 
are the old Howard Athenaeum, erected in 1846, and in its earlier days one of the popular 
and fashionable theatres of the city. In the same year was built the Boston Museum, which, 
with its high granite walls, broken with three stories of round arched windows and "adorned 
by elegant balconies and rows of ground-glass globes like enormous pearls, which at night are 
luminous witli gas,'' is one of the features which attract the attention of every visitor to the 
city as he passes up Tremont Street from Scollay Square. It is probably true that no stage 
in the country has produced such an array of talent as has this, and it is still one of the most 
popular playhouses frequented by the best class of peopjle. The Boston Theatre comes next, 
having been built in 18ri4, and is one of the largest theatres in the country. It presents no 
display of architectural skill in its outward appearance, but the interior is very elegantly 
and elaborately designed and executed. 

The Globe Theatre, recently destroyed liy fire, was originally Selwyn's Theatre, and the 
first building was erected in 18G7. This building was burned in 1873, and then was built tlie 
Globe, so familiar to every Boston theatre-goer. 



FRANKLIN SCHOOL 
Established 1-}%^. 



WASHINGTON ST. 

Erected 1845. 



THE SOUTH END. 

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tlian in what is known as tlie Soutli End. This, at one time, was the most pu]ndar resiilential 
section; and in tins direction the city K''*"^^'^ until the ISack ISay was opened up, when that at 
once became the t'ashionalile quarter. There are, however, many very handsome and some 
very striking buildings, both jiublir and jnivate, at the South End. and in these we see some 
very good examples "of tlie ' old I-Joston' style of andiitecture.'" Here tliere is a more uniform 
style of design, both in the business blocks and in the dwellings. 

Among the notable Iniildings are several of the city institutions, the City Hospital, Boston 
College, the great Latin and English High schools, and the two schools for girls; also, the 
imposing Cathedral of the Holy Cross, and several churches of note, hotels, and association 
buildings, all of which are features in the Boston of to-day and landmarks in the growth of 
the great city. 

The Boston City Hosjiital, which was established in 1863-4, is a very handsome group of 
well designed buildings, constructed at a cost of over $()0(),0()(). The only attempt at 
architectural display is in the central or administration building, the design of its facade, and 
the dome which surmounts it, being quite elaborate and 
ornamental, giving a dignified and sober effect, which is 
relieved by the beautiful and \vell-ke])t grounds which sur- 
round it. 

The Church of the Immaculate Conception, which was 
one of tlie tirst clnirches in which stone was used as the 
building material, is without the usual towers and s])ires 
which are the distinguishing features of such edifices; and 
its peculiarity in this respect, as well as in its general 
design, wliicli is without ornamentation, at once attracts 
attention. It was designed by V. C. Keely, and built in 
18G1, at a cost of over $100,000. It is a substantial struc- 
ture of solid granite. 208 feet long by 88 feet in width. 
While the outward appearance of this building presents no 
striking architectural features, the interior is very elabo- 
rate, and one of the most attractive in the city. It is 70 feet 
from the floor to the ceiling. There are two rows of Ionic 
columns, with richly ornamented cajiitals ; and on either side of the elegant marble altar.are three 
Corinthian colanins with appropriate entablatures and broken arches, surmounted by statues 
of the Immaculate Conception of the Virgin, the whole terminated by a silver cross with an 
adoring augel on each side. The other furnishings are in harmony with the above. In 
connection with the church, and built by the same society, is Boston College, a plain but 
substantial structure of brick, presenting little iu the way of architectural display 
or ornamentation. It was founded in 1863. Its property is valued at over $200,000. 

Another of the notalde buildings in this vicinity is the Cathedral of the Holy Cross, the 
largest of its kind in New England. It is in the early English Gothic style of architecture, 
cruciform, with nave, transept, aisle, and clerestory. The total length of the building is 364 
feet ; width at the transept, 170 feet ; width of nave and aisles, 90 feet ; height to the centre of 
the roof, 120 feet. This immense structure covers over an acre of ground. The original design 




.M.\VHp;W SCHOOL, HAWKINS ST. 
Esta^liskfei 1S03. Erected 1847. 



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A IIALK CKNTrivV (iK l;(lsTiiN'S Krll.IHXi.. 



lias not vft ln'fu fully cavrit-il out. and tlie result is the an-liiteftuval ettVrt is in some respects 
(lisappointiuji'. There are two towers in front, one of which when eouijileted with its spire will 
be 300 feet liiuh and the other 2n0. The interi(U' finish and ornamentation is very rieh and 
lavish. 

Anion;,; the other cliureh liuildiuLjs in this vicinity are the Tienmnt Street Methodist, built 
in 1,S()2, designed by Hanimatt Billings, and considered one of tlie 
most artistic in general appearance; and the Churcdi of the Disciples, 
one of the least pretentious in outward aiipearanee, but one of the 
most distinguished in the city, from its having been the one over 
which one of the most noted preachers in the country presided for so 
many years — Dr. James Freeman C'hirke. Tt was built in 18(>9. 

The building now occupied as the New England Conservatory of 
Music was originally the St. James Hotel, built by Martin Jr. Ballon, 
in 18()7-S. and at that time one of the finest hotel l)uildings in the 
city. It is of brick,, plain but attractive in tU'sign, ami one of the 
interesting features in the locality. 

(.>ne of the most attractive buildings in this vicinity is tlie great 
Latin and English High School, the largest structure in the world 
used as a free pulili'c school ; and near by is the Girls' Latin and 
High Schiidl building. whi(di is without any attractive features in its 
design, and onlj' noted as being, at the time of its erection in 1870, 
the lai'gest. most substantial, and costliest school building in the country. 

TIlK M'.w WKsr i:m>. 




I.AI'IN 

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■iciliiol.. MUMII 
Nrliipoi. SI. 



Nil line, liiiiking down upon the Boston of to-day finm the dnine of the State House on 
Heacon Hill, cm realize the wonderful change that lias taken ]ilace in the brief 
lieriod of less than tift\' years, transforming the compact little citj- of 114,(100 in 1845, 
occnjiying a territory about two miles long and one mile wide, into a great metro[)olis 
covering over thirty-seven sijuare miles, and having a population of over .100,000. That such 
transformation has taken place, shows how ra^iidly the city has grown, and what wonderful 
inqirovenients have been made. The increase in the business interests of the city, ci'eafing a 
demand for more and larger warehouses and business blocks, naturally crowded the residential 
buildings out from the centre of the city; and, as one after another of the stately residences 
of the earlier settlers was removed to make way for these, we find the limits of the city being 
extended in one direction and another, by the erection of new and more elegant residences 
farther back from the centre of business. 

T'hus the city grew, until it had comjdetely covered the "little pear-shaped ]ieniiisula "' 
upon which the town originally stooil; and this firings us down to the time when was begun a 
series of real estate improvements that added a large tract of land to the citj', which has since 
become the fashionable residential section — the beautiful Back Bay, with its broad streets and 
axenues. lined on either side \\ith elegant and costly residences and handsome public buildings. 

The work of imjiroving this vast territory was undertaken by the State, which had a 
twofold object in view : the aliatement of a nuisance which had long been a menace to the 



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lit'altli cif tlir citv. and tlic aililiridii ot availalile land tor building ijiuikiscs. 'I'lie \v(irk was 
liegun in lS."i2. and was systi'niatically iilanned and carried out; at an enorniuus I'xjiensi'. to lie 
sure, Imt the outlay was more than coniiieiisated for in the sale of buildin;,; lots, which at (Jiice 
became very valuable — the State, alone, realizing nearly $.">,O(M),()O0 therefrom. I ]ion this 
"made land" have been liuilt some of tlie most elaborately designed buildings to be found in 
the eouutiT ; numy residences costing more than •"¥ 100.1 )(!(», a,ud a large number of society and 
])ublic bvuldings, hotels, etc., representing an outlay of millions of dollars. But, as many of 
• the more notable ones are of (|uite recent construction, tliey will not be mentioneil at this time, 
as they will be fully described in another chapter, latei' on. There are a few, however, which 
were erected )irevious to the year 1872 which will be briefly mentioned liere. 

Among the earlier buildings to be located in this section were the dignified structure of the 
Natural History Society, and the Institute of Techuology, both of which are to-day prominent 
features in the locality which lias siiu-e become noted for 
the number and elegance of the lauldiugs which have been 
located there. The Natural History Imilding was the first 
to l)e erected, and was comjileted in lS(i4. It was designed 
by W. (t. I'reston. and is a very solid and substantial struc- 
ture of l)rick, with freestone trimmings. It has a. frontage 
of lOo feet and is tSO feet in height. The outer walls are 
ailorned witli Corinthian columns and capitals, and over the 
main entrance is carved the society's seal, which bears the 
head of Cuvier. The keystones of all the windows are orna- 
mented with heads of animals, in well-e.xecuted relief carv- 
ing.?, and a scul|itured eagle surmounts the jieiliment. The 
cost of this building was about .$] 00,000. 

Near i>y stands the original building of the Institute of 
Techncdogy, designed by.the same andiitect, and very- similar 
ill its general appearance, being (■onstructed of pressed brick, 
with freestone trimmings. This building, which was erected in 1 Slid, is but one of a number 
that have since been found necessary to accommodate the increased number of students which 
ea(di year are added to its enrollment. 

In the immediate vicinity are a large numlier of other uotalile buildings, including many of 
the more costly and elaborate churches, which are a feature in this section. The first of these 
to be built was the Arlington Street Church, erected in 1S()1. The material is New Jersey 
freestone, and in its style it resembles some of the old English (dniridies. with its lofty sjiire 
of symmetrical proportions, rising from the middle of the front of the building. The interior 
is modeled after the eliundi of Sta. Annunziata at Genoa and is highly ornamental. 

Emanuel Church, while (uic of the smallest, is of interest from its ]iictiires(iue outward 
appearance and its ricjily <lcsigucd and I'urnished interior. It is built of the local Koxbury 
pudiling-stone. 

Next comes the elegant (ycntral Clinrch buihling, in the (lotliic style of andiitccture and 
very elaborate in design, with its turrets and well-ptroiiortioned steeple, which is said to be the 
highest in the city. The interior is finished to show the timber in the roof, in accordance 




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with tlu' stylr of the day. anil is veiy light and cheerfu!. Its cost, including the kxnd, was 
$o2."),IM'0. Built in lS(Jl-2, of Roxhuiv stone, witli freestone tiinimings. 

The fourth church building to be erected in tlie neighborhood was the First Church 
(Congregational Unitarian), whicli was completed in ISOiS. This is one of the finest specimens 
of cliurcli arcliitec^ture in the country, and is the successor of the first meeting-house in Boston. 
It is in tlie English Gothic style, crucifonn in shape, having a cliapel in the rear, and is 

built of tlie same material as the two just described, with 
Xova Scotia and Connecticut sandstones for trimmings, the • 
effect being very pleasing to tlie eye. The exterior is highly 
ornamental, and is added to by the corner tower and spire, 
which rise to a considerable heiglit from the carriage-porch 
upon which thej- are built. The columns of the two porches 
are of polished Aberdeen granite, with capitals carved in 
leaves and flowers of an ornamental design. The interior is 
broad and open, showing the timber work in the roof, which 
is 6() feet above the floor to the apex. Tlie cost of this ele- 
gant structure was $ 27r>,0()O. 

This by !io means concludes the list of costly and elabo- 
rate church edifices which cluster around this section of the 
city; but, as the others are of a hxter date, they will come 
in with otlier buildings to be noticed in a future chapter. 

TirF. OM) NdUTH KXD. 

>«'o section of the city has a greater interest, to the visitor 
seeking out the quaint and historic features, than the old 
North End, which, while it possesses few features of architect- 
ural interest, cannot be entirely left .out in a history of the 
building up of the citj'. Here it was that many of the first 
houses in the town were built, and many of those still stand- 
ing date back to a time long before the Revolution: notably, 
the old Xorth Church, the oldest church building now stand- 
ing, from wliose belfry windows were displayed the signal 
lights of the famous Paul Revere on that eventful night in April, 1775; the old Dillaway house, 
and Christ Church. While, in the streets in this vicinity, are man}- other of the old-time 
buildings — ancient landmarks, that have long weathered the winds and storms, and escaped 
the ravages of the ]irogressive sjiirit of succeeding generations that have spared so few of 
these connecting links between the past and jiresent in their mail struggle for wealth and 
bxisiness supremacy. 

It is here that one sees something of the arcliitecture of a century ago, in the quaint 
old-style houses, with their hip or gambrel roofs, or overhanging stories ; and, to the one 
interested in tracing the various stages of building in the town and the eitj-, these are of 
special interest. The growth of the city lias, however, been in the opposite direction; and 
with few exceptions there are no modern buildings worthy of special notice in this section of 




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the city, except those of so recent constnu-tion as to he ehissed ami described in the chapter 
coverinw the last twentv-tive veai's. 



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TIIK lUSIXESS Si:( TIOX. 

Thus far no mention has lieen made of one of the most important features in the buihling 
up of the city — its business houses. Wherever commercial, manufacturing, and mercantile 
interests centre, there you will usually Hud a flourishing and prosi)erous city; and the more 
successful are its merchants and tradesmen, the more extensive and elaborate are its buildings. 
Boston -was one of the first, as it has always been one of the foremost, trade centres in 
America. To the shrewdness and sagacity, as well as to the activity and enterpi-ise, of the 
business men of Boston, is due, not only the building up 
of this great metropolis, with its wealth of magnificent 
buildings, its beautiful residences and its imposing business 
blocks, but the building up and extension of these sanu' 
interests in other parts of the countr}' : f(U- it is Boston 
capital, and Boston's enterprising men, that have carried 
forward many of the great building enterprises throughout 
the country. There is probably no citj- in the world that 
can point to so many and such model business lilocks as 
Boston. There are others that can claim larger buildings; 
but none in which is displayed more artistic taste in con- 
struction, combined with the most perfect adaptation to 
the purposes for which they were intended. Most of 
these are of modern construction, built within the last 
thirty or forty years; but there were, long before that time, 
many creditable buildings in which a most successful 
business had its foundation. 

During the early history of the town anil the city, the buildings in which the various kinds 
of business were carried on were, like the other buildings. un])retentious and of rude 
construction, with no pretense at architectural display or eifect. They served simply as 
places for doing business, and that was all that their modest owners desired. What is now the 
centre of trade, covered with closely set stores and warehouses, was once the residential portion 
of the town. Here, surrounded b}- their spacious and well-kept grounds, were the comfortable 
dwellings of the wealthier portion of the community. Scattered about, here and there, were the 
stores and buildings devoted to the trading interests. As the town grew, becoming more and 
more the great centre of trade and commerce for this part of the country, the number and 
size of these buildings increased, and gradually they became so numerous as to encroach upon 
the territory of the dwellings, and eventually these latter were crowded out entirely, to make 
room for the great business blocks that have since grown uji; only one or two of them now 
being left — historic landmarks in the progress of the city's development. 

The great fire of ISTli swept over a large portion of the business part of the city, and 
destroyed many of the business houses which clustered about this locality'. The only portion 
of the city in which to-day may be seen the type of building which charncterized the first 




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titty years of tlie city's growtli is the old Xortli Knd. ami even that has been so 
inoileniizeil. hv the reuiodeliiig and i-ecoiistrnctiiig of tlie buildings, as to bear but a faint 
reseniblauce to its former appearance. There are, on Xortli, Salem, and some of the adjoining 
streets, some of the old buildings that have withstood the ravages of time and escaped the 
results of progressive ideas in remodeling and reconstructing the older ])ortions of the city, 

which liave so eifectually erased all traces of the old-time 
'--'^~---- eity. 

In what has been, for years, the business section the 
buildings have almost wholly been constructed of brick or 
stone, and in design have followed the prevailing style of 
the time in which they were built. In comparison witli 
the buildings of to-day, with their massive granite walls 
towering to the height of twelve and fifteen stories, they 
were indeed small and insignificant; still, in their '-day 
and generation," they were looked ujion as very large, and 
as wonders of the builder's art. 

At the time the city was incorporated these buildings 
had begun to be quite numerous, and at the beginning of 
the period to which this chapter relates a good portion of 
the original town site was covered with stores, office 
buildings, and warehouses, in which an enormous business 
was being carried on. For ten or fifteen years previous to this time the growth of the city had 
been very rapid ; business of every kind was " booming,'' and it is doubtful if the city has ever 
enjoyed greater prosperity than during the years between IS.SO and 1845. This condition of 
tjjings very naturally gave an impetus to the building interests, and at this time began the 
Imildingupof those long rows of plain but substantial buildings that were a feature of the 
down-town section at the time the great tire swept the city. Architecturally there were few 
examjdes that would call for sjjecial mention, or that could be pointed to as showing the 
development of the art — the efforts of the few archictects, at the time, having been directed 
toward the designing of public buildings, such as the Custom House, the Athen<eum, and 
church buildings already mentioned. 

Tlie years between 1S,56 and 1860 w-ere eventful ones in the building uj) and development 
of the business centre of the city, largely brought about by the investment of the magnificent 
fortune left by Joshua Sears, one of Boston's well-known capitalists, who, by his will, left in 
the hands of trustees nearly two million dollars, which was to be invested in buildings and 
mortg.iges on real estate in the city of Boston, In coniidiani-e with the provisions of the will, 
a jiortion of the money was used in the purchase of the large Marshall estate, a valuable piece 
of property between Milk and Franklin streets, at a jirice which was ecjual to tliat of the liest 
propert}' in the city — seven dollars per foot. This pro)ierty the trustees pro])osed to build 
upon and inii)rove. The city had been for some time contemplating changes and inijirovements 
in the streets in this vicinity, and before building commenced these changes were made; 
Devonsjiire Street, from jSIilk Street to Franklin Place, was laid out and built: and Franklin 
I'lace. which had long been the residence of the vl'iti- of the city, was inij)roved ami became 



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Fiaiikliii Street. Here bey;an the building of new and elegant store and ottice Imildings, 
among the first of which was the handsome six-story building numbered 74-76 Franklin 
Street. It was built of yuiney granite throughout, was I'.io liy 35 feet, and was at the time 
the most elaborate and ornamental mercantile building in the city. The facade showed 
handsome piers supporting arched mouldings, the keystones of the arches being embellished 
with heads and figures designed by Hamuiatt Billings. The general jilans for the building 
were the work of the well-known architect of the day, G. J. F. Bryant. Joining the al)ove, on 
the west, was a building erected by K. W. Pike. It was a phuu, undressed granite structure, 
86 by 40 feet. Thus was begun the work of building up one of tlie liandsomesi Imsiness 
streets in the city. 

In the fall of 18r>7 the trustees of the Sears fund purchased another large amount of real 
estate, including the Bradley, Fay, and Andrews estates, and upon this erected another l)lock 
of buildings. This block had a granite front, and was a 
very large and imposing building, the interior being fin- 
ished off with all the improvements suggested by experi- 
ence. It contained four stores and was numbered 52-;">6 
Franklin Street. A little farther up the street was built 
a handsome granite and brick block, on the old Mansion 
House estate. This, like its neighbors, was a well designed 
and well executed piece of architectural work, being in 
harmony with the style prevailing at the time. Still 
farther along, at the corner of Franklin and Hawley 
streets, was built one of the handsomest of the great store 
buildings erected up to that time. It was five stories in 
height, with granite front, the facade showing ornamental 
features that were a credit to the designer, Mr. Bryant, 
who was the architect for the buildings mentioned above. 

On the south side of Franklin Street. Xos. 31-or>, was 
erected a handsome block of eight stores, 220 feet front 
and 108 feet deep, and five stories high. Unlike the buildings mentioned above, which had 
fiat roofs, this had a French roof with elaborate cornice-work finish. Jtr. Bryant being the 
architect. Across Arch Street, next below the above, was another imposing block of stores 
designed by Mr. Bryant. Extending along the whole front and sujjporting the moulding above 
the first story was a row of granite pillars, giving a very good effect to the general ajijiear- 
ance of the building, which was five stories in height with a French roof. 

The above, with others which were soon after built, added materially to the building up of 
the city, as well as to its property valuation, and in 1859 property on this street was assessed 
for nearly four million dollars. Siich growth naturally had the effect to develop other 
property in the vicinity, and we find Devonshire and aiilk streets being built upon, while a 
number of new streets were laid out and put through, such as Congress. Federal and I'earl 
streets, and a view of these streets in 1860 shows them nearly all linilt up with handsome 
business blocks similar to those mentioned, while along Washington Street there was a con- 
tinuous row of elegant buildings. This was but the beginning of the building operations which 




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]ia\'e siiiCf been so extensively carried on in this section of the eity, resultinic in some s])leni]icl 
speeimens of tlie builder's art. They are so numerous tliat it is difficult to single out any 
certain number calling for jiarticular mention : and, as the most notable ones are those which 
Iiave been erected since the tire in J872. the description of these business houses will be left 
to a succeeding chapter. 

The United States Hotel is the oldest of the hotels now in existence, and is to-day, as it 
has always been, one of the best-known and most popular. Its location is most favorable, 
being (]uite near the depots. At the time it was built, in 182t), it was the largest hotel in the 
city and considered to be quite a noteworthy building. The original building has been twice 
enlarged by the addition of extensions, and at the ])resent time covers nearly two acres of 
ground. Wliile the older part of tlie buiUling represents the ar(diitecture of the time in which 
it was built to a certain extent, tlie newer portions are of nioilern design and construction. It 
is a brick and stcme buihliug, five stones in height, the (diaracteristic features being the 
portico at the main entrance, which is built out from the main wall and .supported by large 
granite pillars, the ornamental c(U-uice-work. and the roof, which differs somewliat in style 
frcun those put upon the buildings of a later date. The interior has been greatly changed and 
improved from the original, to conform to the demands of modern hotel accommodations, and 
is first-class in every respect. In the days of AVebster and Sumner it was the popmlar hostelry 
for notable individuals visiting the city, and it has sheltered many of the most distinguished 
personages who came liere from time to time. It was at this hotel that Charles Sumner 
entertained Charles Dickens, and for a consideralde time it was the lioiiie of one of Massachusetts' 
most able and distinguished statesmen — Daniel Webster. In later years it has become 
popular as the winter residence of many wealthy families, while it has always had its share of 
transient visitors. Since it came into tlie hands of its jiresent management many changes and 
improvements have been made, and to-day it ranks as one of the leading hotels of the city. 

The American House, on Hanover Street, is also one of the older hotels of the city. It 
was first built in ISoo, on the historic site of the lionie of General Warren of Revolutionary 
fame. In 1851 the house was entirely rebuilt and greatly enlarged, covering the site of four 
former hotel buildings — the old American, the Hanover, Earl's, and the Merchants — and was 
at the time one of the largest hotels in New England, with a reputation second to none. It has 
always been a favorite with business men of the town, and always run on the American jilan. 
There is nothing in its architectural design to attract si)ecial attention; but the interior is 
handsomely and tastefully finished, with wide corridors, large public reception halls, and all 
modern conveniences for the comfort and entertainment of guests. To this house, also, 
belongs the distinction of being the pioneer in the introduction of elevator service, the first 
elevator in the city being put in here. For more than forty years the American House was 
managed successfully, and to the very general satisfaction of its jiatrons. by Lewis Eice and 
his son, Henry ]-!. Kice. Under its present management it has lost none of its (ild-time 
popularity and has gained largely in jniblic favor and patronage. 

The Revere House, named after the Revolutionary hero, was built in 1M7, in Bowdoin 
Square. The original building has been considerablj' altered by improvements, made necessary 
in the course of progressive years : and it stands to-day an example of all that is modern and 
convenient, with the reputation of having one of the best hotel equipments in America. In its 



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architectural design and mechanical execution it is a masterpiece of the arts. While there is 
not about it that elaborate ornamentation which cliaracterizes some of the later built houses, it 
is a grandly imposing building, symmetrically proportioned and well executed. The interior 
is furnished in elegant taste and its dining-room is one of the pleasantest in the city. 

The Quiney House, one of the handsomest of the down-town hotels, is also one of the 
largest, and a favorite with traveling and business men. The front wiilLs are of a light gray 
granite, and the design, while n(jt elaborate, is ornamental ; the crowning feature being the 
handsome tower on the southeast corner of the building, in which is set the dials of the large 
clock which can be seen from almost anywhere in the vicinity. The interior of the building 
is very handsomely finished and furnished throughout, and cverytliing is arranged for the 
convenience and comfort of its guests. 

The Crawford House, in Scollay S(|uare, is another of the famous hostelries wliich have 
added not a little to Boston's reputation for hospitality, and the accommodation and comfort 
of the "stranger within our gates." It is a handsome granite and brick building, covering a 
large area of ground space, and being six stories in height. In 1891 an addition was made by 
connection with an adjoining building, five stories in height, extending through to Hanover 
Street. 

The Parker House, at the corner of Tremont and School streets, is one of the liaudsomest 
down-town hotels, and with a reputation which is woi-ld-wide. It was founded in 1854 by 
Harvey D, Parker. The building is a large six-story marble front, with an ornamental design. 
In 1884 an extension to the orignal building was put uji. This is also of marble, and elegantly 
finished. This has been one of the most successful hotels in the country, and is the favorite 
resort of politicians and business men. 

Young's Hotel is another of the most famous of Boston hostelries, and is a magnificent 
Irailding in every respect, its solid granite and brick walls making it one of the most 
substantial and imposing of buildings. Several additions to the original building have been 
made from time to time, the most important of which is that facing on Court Street, which was 
built in 1882. The house was founded by Mr. George Young, who retired from the hotel 
business several years ago. It is now under the management of Mr. Joseph R. Whipple. 

The old Adams House, which stood on the site occupied by the new and magnificent 
building opened a few years ago and bearing tlie same name, was one of the well-known hotels 
of the city for many years. 

This by no means completes the list of Boston hotels that flourished between 1845 and 
1872. In the city directory of 184G there were given the names of sixty-seven hotels and 
taverns, and the number has steadily increased ever since, and to mention them all would 
occupy more space that can be given to it in the present volume. Of the modern hotel 
brdldings, of which there are a number of magnificent and costly structures, mention will be 
made in a succeeding chapter, in connection with contemporaneous buildings. 

The commercial interests of Boston, as being the great trade centre of New England, were 
greatly increased by the introduction of the steam railroads ; and as this was one of the most 
potent factors in the rapid growth of the city, beginning at a time when it was enjoying a very 
high degree of commercial prosperity, and as the numerous depots are prominent features 
among the buildings and architecture of the city, they deserve to be sej)arately mentioned. 



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Tiitil the liig I'luoii station was eoiiipleted. iu 1894. Boston had very few railway stations 
in the eonstruetion of whit-li j)artieuhar attention was jiaid to architectural effects ; but, from 
their association with public interests, they certainly deserve to be mentioned as among the 
notable buildings of the city. 

The railroad interests have been im])ortant factors in the development and growth of the 
city, and it is doubtful if there is another city in the country which lias better or more 
convenient railway service. 

When the steam railroad first liegan to be develojied in this country the enterprising and 
foresighted business men of ]!oston. with characteristic Yankee shrewdness, saw how greatly 
it would add to their interests tn be connected with the interior towns by this means, and 
were not long in carrying out a project for building a line. In fact, when once the great 
advantages to the city as a trade centre of this new means of travel and transi)ortation were 
thoroughly realized, a very active effort was made to have the idea carried out, and in 1831 
three corporations were chartered for the pur])ose of Intilding and operating railroads; one to 
connect the city with Providence, another with Worcester and the west, and the third 
with Tjowell and the northern ])art of Xew Kngland. In 1S.'^1' the construction of all these roads 
was begun, and the work actively pushed forward, so that they were opened to travid in 18.3"). 

The first stations built were not much in comparison with tliose of the present day; but, 
like the first pulilic and other Imildings which ha\'e since given way to more imposing structures, 
they serveil the [lurpose for the time being. (_)f these old buildings there is little to say, but 
of those which have been built within the past twenty -five years several are worthy of more 
than a passing notice. 

From an architectural point of view the Providence station, in Park Square, is at the liea<l 
of the list. At the time it was conqdeted it was said to be the most beautiiul. convenient ;iiid 
comfortable railway station in the United States anil the longest in the world, the length from 
end to end measuring .S.")0 feet, the train shed alone being (30(> feet long and 130 feet wide. 
The handsome entrance forms a special feature of the facade, which is still further heightened 
bv the li->fty tower, with its ornamental cornice and roofing, in whicdi is also set the dials of 
the large tower-clock. The interior is finished in a luost elaborate maner, the first floor being 
given to waiting-rooms, and the second to the offices of the conqtany. The cost of this elegant 
building was about f SOO.OOd. 

The original Boston iS; Worcester (now the Albany) depot was a rather plain brick 
structure, presenting no a,rchitectural features worthy of mention. In 1881 the present st;iti(.in 
was completed and is one of the best in the city, although not as ornamental in design as the 
one mentioned ;d)ove. The features of the building are the two large porticoes forming the 
entrance to the main waiting-room and the fine proportions on every side. The front is of 
pressed brick, with granite trimmings. The main Imilding is 118i by 140 feet, and contains a 
vestibule 4'_' by 120 feet and i'2 feet high. On luie side of this is the ladies' waiting-room, 
35 by 75 feet, handsomel}' furnished, and provided with three large open fireplaces. On the 
opposite side is the dining-room, news stand and gentlemen's waiting-room. The second 
story is fitted up with offices for the various officials of the road. Tlie third story is ;ilso 
used for office purposes. The train shed, leading directly from the main vestibule, is 444 feet 
long and 118,V feet wide. Mr. Alexander H. Ksty was the architect for this handsome station 
building. 










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Near by tlip Albany is the station of tlie Old (_'oloiiy road, a handsome brick and stone 
building, witli liigh arched entrances. It is three stories in height, the first floor being 
arranged for waiting-rooms, etc., and the upper stories tor the offices of the management. 
There is very little elaboration in the design of the facade, whidi presents a plain, substantial 
front. This is one of the oldest of the present station bnildings. 

Tlie New York & New England station, on Atlantic Avenue, is a. low single-story building, 
used only as a waiting-room, the offices of the management being located in another Vjuilding 
near by. 

Further up the avenue is the new and handsome station of tin- Boston, Kevere Beacli & 
Lynn road. This building is two stories in heiglit, the facade lieing ornamented by a row of 
high arched entrances, above the centre one rising a low scpiare tower, into the wall of which 
is set the large clock dial. The material used is brick and stone, tlie combination giving a 
most pleasing effect. 

( )n tlie north side of tlie city stood, the stations of the Fitchburg and the several 
divisions of the Boston & Maine .system. The Boston & Maine dej)0t in Haymarket Square is 
one of the familiar landmarks of the North End. It is a very plain brick structure, two 
stories in lieight, with a slanting roof. The front of the building is ornamented with sipuire 
pillars supporting the cornice of the gable, and between these are the arched entrances. It is 
one of the oldest station buildings in the city, and since the completion of the new Union 
station has been abandoned as a depot. 

(.)f the three old stations on Causeway Street the Fitchburg is the oldest and the most dis- 
tinctive in architectural design. It is a massive structure of undressed granite, and looks more 
like some grim old castle than a railway station. On each of the four corners rise turret-like 
towers, which add to the ancient castle-like appearance of the structure. It was built in 1847, 
and contained at the time a large hall in the second story, in which the famous Jenny Lind 
concerts were given in IS.'')!). The interior has been several times remodeled and improved, but 
has at last been abandoned by the road as a station, the trains of this company now coming in 
at the new Union station. 

The old Eastern depot, built in 1863, was a low brick building witli a sipiare tower at one 
corner upon which was a clock. Tliere was nothing elaborate or ornamental in the design, 
either on the outer walls or in the interior. It was, however, a very conjfortably arranged 
depot. Tliis building was removed when the new ITnion station was built. 

The last of the three in this row of old depots is the Lowell, now a part of the great Union 
station. It was built in 1871, and is 700 feet long by 205 feet wide. It is a handsome building 
in every way, built of face brick, with trimmings of Nova Scotia freestone, the facade flanked 
on either side by two massive towers of flne jH-oportions and ornamental design. In the centre 
of the headhouse is a magnificent and lofty hall, paved with marble and finished in polished 
liardwood. Around this, on the fir.st floor, are tlie waiting-rooms, restaurant, etc., and in the 
upper stories the offices of the management. The train shed is very large, with abroad arched 
roof of truss work having a clear space of 120 feet. This completes the list of stations with 
the exception of the magnificent new Union station, whicli will be fully described among the 
later buildings in another part of this work. 

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laiiiluiarks in the ;^ro\vth anil (Ifveloimieiit of the eity, whieli have since either heen removed 
to make room tor more modern buildings or so tlioroughly rebuilt and reconstructed as to 
entirely obliterate their original characteristics. Among these were the old Eastern stage 
house, built about 1763, and located on Ann Street. It was removed in 1840. The old Feather 
store, whose history dates back to 168(1, and which at one time was considered a very 
prominent building, located at the head of Ann Street, .survived its contemporaries until 1860, 
when it was finally removed. Franklin's shop, on Union Street, one of the famous buildings 
of the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries, having been built in 1696, stood until 1844, 
when a portion of it was removed; the remainder — that portion with the old blue 
ball — standing until 1808, when it was also removed. The Hughes house, Washington Street 
near Milk, built in KUiO; removed in 1862. The Head house, which was built in 1763, at the 
corner of what is now Boylston and Tremont streets, was moved in 1840 to Fond Street and, 
somewhat improved, made to still further serve its purpose. The Hill house, on Jlilk Street, 
built in 1772; removed in 1846. The old Hancock house, on Beacon Hill, which has already 
been fully described in another part of this work, built in 1787, and removed in 1863. Deacon 
Phillips' house, on Cross Street, one of tlie first st(me houses to be built, erected in 16.')0, and 
torn down in 1864, the material being used to build a church at East lioston. The old 
Province house, in Province Court, with an interesting liistory, built in 16.S9, purchased by 
the town in 1716, sold again in 1779, kept as a tavern in 1834, opened as Ordway Hall in 18i')2, 
partially bumi'd and rebuilt in 1864. The old Ship Tavern — "Noah's Ark" — built in 1646, 
injured by an "earthipuupie" in 1663, owned by the famous Thomas Hutchinson in 1713, sold 
to the James family in 1794, and tinally removed when Ann Street was widened in 18i>9. 
The old Stackpole house, a familiar landmark in what is now Post Office Square, was removed 
to make room for the new post-office building in 1,S68. The old Williams house, on 
Washington above Dover Street, was removed in 186(). The Deacon house, one of the later 
of the old-style houses, is still standing, altliougli recent clianges have made it hardly 
recognizable as viewed from the street. 

In bringing this chapter to a close it is projier to state that, while it has not l)een 
possible, within the limits of the space allotted to this part of the work, to go 
very thoroughly into the details of the growth of the city, sufficient lias been said to 
show the progress made, and the more notable buildings mentioned. But this by no means 
exhausts the list of interesting structures, both public and private, which in architectural 
design and construction make tliem noticeable features among the buildings of the city-. 

By the annexation of Charlestown, Roxbury, Dorchester, Brighton, and a number of otiier 
districts, the city has acquired a large amount of territory, and added a very large number to the 
list of buildings, some of them quite noted, either in connection with historic associations or 
from distinctive architectural features; and these must now be considered in connection witli 
the growth of the city, although they are not herein described. 

In a little less than seventy -live years, as a city, Boston grew from a population of about 
50,000 to one of nearly ten times that number, and its once crooked and tortuous "cow paths" 
became well-detined streets, built up with miles upon miles of solid and substantial business 
blocks, public buildings, elegant residences, and magnificent church and society editices, the 
admiration of the world and the pride of every true citizen. 




1872 TO 1895. 

HE year 1S72 marks the beginning of an important and interesting epoch in the 
growth and building up of the city of ]>oston. It was in this year, on tlie 9th of 
Xovember, that the great fire broke out, and, before it was finally extinguished, 
destroyed over $75,000,000 worth of property, leaving in a heap of smoking and 
blackened ruins sixty-five acres of territory in the very centre of the business portion of the 
city, where stood some of the largest and most substantial Inisiness blocks, the fruit of more 
than a. century of industi-y, thrift, and enterprise. From this terrilde blow to its business 
interests Boston recovered with a rapidity and siiirit wliich is evidence of the pluck and enter- 
prise of its business men. Not only was the burned territory soon rebuilt, liut the new 
buildings were upon a grander and more magnificent scale; and it is here that we see, to-day, 
man}' examples of modern liusiness blocks that are not excelled elsewhere, either in their arch- 
itectural design or their construction. They are models of the builder's art. 

Within the little more than twenty-five years that has elapsed since the fire above 
mentioned, the city has made the most rajiid growth within its history. The valuation has 
been more than doubled ; territory has been added and bvult upon; the city has developed in 
every direction, and especially has it improved and developed the construction of buildings. 
From the northernmost point of the Charlestowii district to the southern boundary of the 
Dorchester and Roxbury districts, it is one densely populated and closely built city, in which 
is represented every style and variety of building, from the comfortable, unpretentious cottage 
of the mechanic to the palatial residence of the millionaire; from the small and plaiidy built 
workshop and store building, to the massive and towering business blocks; from the old- 
fashioned wooden church building to the magnificent edifice of brick and granite. 

While it is not possible in a single volume to give a complete list and detailed description 
of all the buildings in the city which present special features making them prominent in tlieir 
several localities, the following list includes many of this class, the most noted being more 
particularly described. 

At the corner of State and Congress streets stands the building of the Tremont National 
Bank, which was erected in 1878-80, and at that time one of the best office buildings in the 
city, located as it was in the very centre of the business part. It is a solid granite building, 
plain, but neat and tasteful in design. The architect was Carl Felimer; the unisons, Hussey & 
Howe; and the car])enters, Morton & Chesley. The interior is finished for offices, in a rich 
and ornamental manner. Its estimated cost was $80,000. 

The ]\Iasou building in Liberty Sipiare is a prominent feature in that locality, standing, as 
it does, by itself, showing to good advantage the symmetrical and well-proportioned outlines in 
its design and construction. While it is not elaborate, or possessing specnal features of 
ornnmentation. it is nevertheless a most attractive office l)uildiug. It is built of brick, with 



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granite triminiiiL;.^. The interior work is of the best ami after tlie most modern anil aiqiroved 
designs as to material and finish, marble being largely used in the stairs and floors, all of 
which are made to be as nearly fire-proof as i>ossible. It was Imilt in 1879-82, after designs 
by William tJ. Preston. The mason work was by T. C. Wait, and the carpentry was by 
Samuel M. Chesley & t"o. The cost of the building when completed was .'§350,000, and it is 
owned by William Mason. This is one of the lightest and luost convenient office l)uildings in 
the city. 

.Jordan ^: ^larsh liuilding (new jiart), one of the largest retail dry -goods Imildings iu the 
conntry, was built in 1880-82, and stands on leased land, the jiroperty of Abigail Armstrong, 
T'his bnihling is of brick and was designed by Samuel .1. F. Thayer. It is a plain but 
substantial building and was ooustructed by Timothy E. Stuart, mason, and William H. 
Ste\yavt, carj)enter. 

Mercantile building, 20-ol Bedford and 77-7!l Chauncy streets, owned by Frederick L. 
Ames, was designed by Sturgis & ISrigham, ami built by Thomas J. Wliidden & Co., masons, 
and 1). I). Whitcouib, carpenter. A handsome brick building, fitted with all the C(mveniences 
as a modern business block, liuilt in 1884, and cost .^ISO.OOO. 

Mercantile building, 91-93 Federal Street, designed by S. .). F. Thayer, and built by 
.lames Smith, mason, and Creesy & Noyes, carpenters. The material is brick, with granite 
trimmings. The building was (Completed in 188.5, at a cost of .1130,000. Owned by Mrs. 
Anna P. Bigelow. 

••The Advertiser" building, 246-248 Washington Street, is the largest and handsomest 
jiewspaper building in the city, and one of the attractive features of " Xewspai)er Piow." It 
extends through from Washington to Devonshire Street. It is built of stone and brick, the 
design being plain, but attractive and imposing. It was built in 1882-3, at a cost of .f 100,000. 
The architects were P.radlee & Winslow ; the mason, Augustus Lothrop ; and the carpenter, 
John Ahlen. The building is owned liy G. F. P>emis. 

Mercantile building, 5ir)-.521 AVashington Street, another of Mr. F^'rederick L. Ames' 
buildings, was built in ] 883-8;"), at a cost of $180,000. It is a very handsome brick structure, 
of jilain design, arranged for stores and offices. The architect was H. H. Richardson; the 
masons, Kumery & Co; and the car]ienters. Creesy & Noyes. 

Office building, 3 and 4 Hamilton I'laee, Built in 1883-85, and cost .f 110,000. It was 
designed by liradlee, Winslow & Wetherell; the builders being Neal & Preble, masons, and 
N. Wilbur, carpenter. W. S. Dexter is trustee of the property. 

Men^antile building, 94-102 South Street, the ])roperty of Leopold Morse, was designed 
by Loiris Weissbein, and built iu 1880-83, at a cost of f 75,000. 

Mercantile building, 391-405 AVasliington Street, built in 1880-83, owned by the heirs of 
Augustus Hemenway, was designed by Bradlee & Winslow, and built by Thomas J, Wliidden. 
Cost $1.50,000, 

Banking-house, propert_y of Kidder, Peabody tS: Co., located on Sewall Place, in the 
rear of 11.'! Devonshire Street, was built in 1881-83, at a cost of $103,000. Sturgis & 
Brigham, architects; Thomas d. Wliidden, mason; B. D. Whitcomb, carpenter. 

Mercantile building, ]u-operty of David ami Henry iS'evins, corner of Chauncy Street and 
Itowe Place, built in 1881-2, at a cost of .f 92,000. S. J. F. Thayer, architect; T. E. Stuart, 
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cold storage Imilcliug, property of the Quiucy Market Cold Storage Company, 119-1(57 
Commercial Street, built in 1881-83, cost !iiiir>0,000. The design of this building differs 
somewhat from the general style of mercantile buildings, as it was constructed for a special 
purpose to which its design and construction had to be adapted. William G. Preston 
architect: F. A. Taber. mason; William Carpenter, carpenter. 

Mercantile building, property of Eben D. Jordan and Charles ^Marsh, 48-72 Kingston Street, 
71-8") Bedford Street, and l-i) Columbia Street, was one of the largest and handsomest of the 
many business blocks in the vicinity. It was built of stone and brick, and erected in 1881-83, at 
a cost of f.SoO.OOO. S. J. F. 'I'hayer, arcliitect; T. ?:. Stuart, liuilder. Destroyed bv tire, 
Thanksgiving, 1889. 

Mercantile building, Essex Street, Harrison Avenue, and Chauucy Street, for which ('. I)., 
G. H. and John Homans are trustees, was built in 18.S2-.". at a cost of .f 90,000. .lolm .\. Fo.\, 
architect ; T. ff. Whiddeu & Co., builders. 

Mercantile building, property of F. L. .\nies. r>7C'3 Itedfoiil and ."il-Go Kingston streets, 
built in 1882-84. cost $140,000. H. H. liicluirdson. architect; Norcross Brothers, builders. 

Hotel Bristol, located at the corner of Boylston and Clarendon streets, was built in 1879 by 
James T. Eldredge, after designs furnished by Levi Newcomb & Son. It is a very handsome 
building; the material being brick, with granite trimmings. It is arranged as an .-iiiartment 
house, and was built by Standish & Woodbury, at a cost to the owner of $80,000. 

Hotel Hoffman, at the corner of Columl)us Avenue and Berkeley Street, is one of tlie best 
of the family hotels : its location being convenient, and its apartments well arranged and 
cheerful. While there is nothing elaborate in its architectural design, it is attractive and neat 
in appearance; being Iniilt of pressed brick, with granite trimmings. Its interior is especially 
well arranged for the purpose for which it was built, the apartments being finished in the 
best manner i)ossible to nmke them light and agreeable homes. The building was designed by 
Samuel I). Kelly, the brick and masonry \\ork being done liy Fred H. Tarbox, and the woodwork 
by Edward S. Sparrow. It was completed in ISSO. at a cost of .fllO.S.OOO. and is owned by 
Lucinda C. Collamore. 

Hotel Glendon, a family hotel located on Cazenove Place, off Columbus A\enue. was built 
in 1881-2. The material is brick, with granite trimmings; the design for the building being 
furnished by G. W. Page. In the construction of the building Frank Jones was the mason and 
Stephen Moxon the carpenter. Its cost was $145,000, and it is owned by N. M. Jewett. While 
its location is not favorable to the disjilay of elaborate architectural features, it is nevertheless 
one of the handsomest of the apartment houses, and is especially well arranged and convenient. 

Family hotel, 177 West Chester Park, built in 1881-2, by Mr. David H. McKay, at a cost of 
$ 8r>,000. Mr. ]\rcKay was his own carpenter in tlie construction of the building. tli(> mason 
work being done liy Isaac C. Cooper. 

"The Howland," located at 216 Columbus Avenue, was built in 1881-2, the design for the 
building being furnished by W. P. Wentworth. In its construction N. E. C)'Sullivan was the 
mason and John Driscoll the carpenter. Its cost was $90,000, and it is owned by Edwin L. 
Gerrish. 

Prinuiry School biiildiug on I'olk Street, in Ward S. This building was erected in 1878-9, 
after designs furnished by Mr. George A. Clougli. There is notliing elaborate in its outward 



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ai)j)earan('(>, but it is a well-ananj^ed and substantially built sti'Uctnie ; tlie material beiuf; brick, 
witli st(inp trimming's. Tlio mason work was executed by Donobue Brothers, and the interior 
woodwork and Hnish by Murphy Brothei-s. Its cost was .'S.'W.OOO; not a large sum, in 
coiniiariscin with some of the mnre pretentious liuihlings, but sufficiently large to make it a 
very comfortable school building for ])riin;iry grades. 

Grammar School building on Cambridge Street, in Ward -5. This building, designed by 
same architect, Mr. George A. enough, was built in ISTS-SO; a plain brick structure, without 
sjiecial architectural features, e.xcept in its adaptability to the purpose for which it was intended, 
in which respect it is well designed and execnited, the mason being Mr. James Fagin and the 
ear]>enters Landers & Greely. The cost of tlie building was $54,000. 

The Egleston S(|uare school Ituilding, Ward 23, another of the buildings designed for the 
city by Mr. George A. (Hough, was I'ompleted in ISS], at aco.stof .'|>.")2,000. Like most of the 
other school buildings, it is of biirk, the work being done by Griffin & O'Sullivan. The 
interior woodwork was done by Mr. James .Marston. It is a well-constructed and substantial 
building, ]dain in design hut well ])ro]jortioned, intended to be useful rather than 
ornamental — a feature which is well jireserved in most of the city buildings. 

Primary School building on West Seventh Street, Ward L3. Mr. Clough was also the 
architect for the city in the construction of this building, and dis])layed the same good taste in 
its design which he has shown in the Imildings mentioned above. There is no attempt at 
elaborate ornamentation. It is a plain brick structure, of good proportions, solid and substantial. 
The masonry in the building is the work of Mr. James Fagin, and the carpentry was executed 
by Mr. P. F. McGaragle. The cost of the building was $50,000, and it was completed in 1882. 

Private dwelling, property of (ieorge (). Shattuck, built in 188.3-4, located at 166 Beacon 
Street, is one of the elegant residence bvuldings in this very fashionable part of the city. It 
was designed by Cabot & Chandler. Woodbury & Leighton being the masons, and B. 1). 
Whitcomb the carpenter. 

J'rivate dwelling, 25 ('ommonwealth Avenue, property of James Lawrence, Inult in 
188;>-4. Itotch & Tilden, architects; David Connery & Co., masons; }!. 1). Whitcomb, 
car])enter. Cost, )f4(»,0(lO. 

Seminary building. Lake near Kemlrick Street, in Ward 25, ))roperty of the Eight Rev, 
John J. Williams, built in 1881-84. .1. H. Besarick, architect; James Fagin, builder. 

(Jhurcli building, Columbus Avenue, corner Berkeley Street, owned b}' the People's Church 
Society, built in 1883-4, and cost $75,000. J. H. Besarick, architect; Sampson, Clark & Co., 
masons; S. M. Chesley, carpenter. This, while not costing as much as some of the other 
church buildings, is a very commodious and well-arranged edifice. It is built of Ijrick. with 
granite trimmings, and the outlines are broken with gables and niches, giving a very pleasing 
effect to the general appearance. 

Private dwelling, 179 Commonwealth Avenue, owned l)y William I). Bradley, built in 
1883-4, cost $45,000. Carl Fehmer, architect; James Smith, unison; B. 1). Whitcomb, 
(^ai'penter. 

I'rivate dwelling. 223 Commonwealth Avenue, jiroperty of George Higginson. built in 
1883-4, cost $45,000. Cabot c^ Chandler, .architects; George F. Shei)ard, mason; B. IX 
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Private dwelling, 245 Jlar] borough Street, property of George K. ]\Iinot, built in 1883-4, 
cost $40,000. Cabot & Chandler, architects; Woodliurj- & Leighton, builders. 

Private dwelling, 242 Commonwealth Avenue, property of William G. Saltonstall, built in 
188.'-{-4, cost $50,000. Peabody & Stearns, architects ; Woodbury & Leighton, masons ; 
Morton & Chesley, carpenters. This is one of the handsomest and best-designed dwellings on 
the avenue. 

Private dwelling, 198 Commonwealth Avenue, owned by Mrs. D. W. Spooner, built in 
1881-2, cost $40,000. Peabody & Stearns, architects; David Connery & Co., masons; A. 
Anderson, carpenter. 

Nurses' Pavilion, property of the !\rassachusetts General Hos]iital, located on the Hospital 
grounds on Blossom Street, built in 1882, cost $35,000. Carl Fehmer, architect; James Smith, 
mason ; A. Hathaway, carpenter. This is a very neatly designed and moderiily constructed 
building, well adapted to the purpose for which it is intended, but without special 
ornamentation. 

Boston Young Women's Christian Association Building, corner of lierkeley and Appleton 
streets, built in 1883-4. cost $175,000. George F. Meachani. architect; Augustus Lothrop, 
mason ; Creesy & Noyes, carpenters. This is a handsome piece of architecture, considering 
that it was not built for ornamental jnirposes. It is of brick, with granite trimmings, and is 
fitted up as a home for young women who are supporting themselves. The building contains a 
lecture hall, reading-rooms, class-rooms, cafe, etc. 

Charles A. Kidder, dwelling-house, 209 Commonwealth Avenue, built in 1881-2, cost 
$38,000. Allen & Kenway, architects ; Standish & Woodbury, masons ; B. I). Whitcomb, 
carpenter. 

Young's Hotel, 22-24 Court Street, Fifty Associates, owner, built in 1881-2, cost $160,000. 
Bradlee & Winslow, architects; J. W. Coburn, mason; Whiting Brothers, carpenters. This 
is one of the best known and most famous of Boston hotels. The building has been added to 
from time to time. The original portion is of brick, with stone tiinunings ; while tiie new 
portion is of stone, with a very ornamental front facade on Court Square. 

H. C. Haven, dwelling-house, corner of Commonwealth Avenue and Exeter Street, built in 
1881-2, cost $40,000. J. P. Putnam, architect: H. McLaughlin, mason; McLean Brother.s, 
carpenters. 

Charles T. Wlute, dwelling-house. Commonwealth Avenue near Exeter Street, built in 
1881-2, cost $35,000. Peabody & Stearns, architects; Vinal & Dodge, masons; McNeil 
Brothers, carpenters . 

George P. King, dwelling-house, 11 Fairlield Street, built in 1880-81, cost $60,000. 
W. W. Lewis, architect ; Standish & Woodbury, masons ; John ]\Iorrison, carpenter. One 
of the handsomest and most ornamental private residences in this section of the city. 

Exhibition building, property of the New England I^fanufacturers and Mechanics 
Institute, Huntington Avenue, corner Eogers Avenue, built in 1881, cost $350,000. Alden 
Frink, architect ; J. H. Coon & Co., masons ; Creesy & Noyes, carpenters. This building, 
which was destroyed by fire several years ago, was a very handsome exhibition building, 
covering an area of nearly five acres, with available floor space for exhibits of over eight acres. 
The main entrance opened into an immense vestibule, 134 feet deep and 250 feet wide. This 



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was divided into tliree hroad avenues, one of which led to the main aish^ of the large central 
Inulding. The interior of the building was without partitions, leaving the view of the 
immense hall unobstructed. There are two galleries (53 feet wide running lengthwise of the 
building, and set in a distance of 63 feet from the walls. The first fair held by the Institute 
was opened in this building on August 18.1881. The great business depression which came 
in the following two or three years resulted disastrously to the organization and it was obliged 
to close up its affairs. The destruction of tlie property was a heavy loss, and removed from 
existence one of the handsomest buildings of its kind ever erected in the city. 

Robert Bradley, dwelling-house, 2r>r> Marlborough Street, bidlt in 1883^, cost f 4(»,(>00. 
Cavl Fehmer. architect; David Connery & Co., masons; Morton & Chesley, carpenters. 

Cliurch of the Advent, Mt. Vernon Street, built in 1878-9. Sturgis& Brigham, architects; 
Woodbury & Leighton, builders. This is a very handsome brick and stone structure, with an 
interior of brick and freestone. T1ie main body is 7- by 73 fet-t, with a nave 7G feet in 
height. There is a chapel on the south side, 18 by 33 feet. The tower is 22 feet square and 
190 feet high. The general design is odd and unifjue, giving to the building an individuality 
that is marked and noticeable. 

Walter Hunuewell, dwelling-house, 261 C'ommonwealth Avenue, l)uilt in 1880-82, cost 
!S!49.0fl(i. Ci. K. it E. Ct. Shaw, andiitects ; ^'inal & Dodge, nrasons ; Bourne & Levitt, 
carpenters. 

Wiuthrop Sargent, dwelling-house, 2I»7 Commonwealth Avenue, built in 1883-8"), cftst 
$40,000. Rotch & Tilden, architects; David Connery & Co., masons; .John Morrison, 
carpenter. 

William 1'. Wesselhoeft. dwelling-house, 176 Commonwealth Avenue, built in 1883^, cost 
$40.0(1(1. Charles B. Atwood, architect; Benjamin F. Dewing, mason; Rforton & Chesley, 
carjjenters. 

James B. Bell, dwelliug-house, 178 Commonwealth Avenue, built in 1883-4, cost .'J!40,000. 
Charles B. Atwood, architect; Benjamin F. Dewing, mason; Morton & Chesley, carpenters. 

W. Bowell Mason, dwelling-houses, 209-211 Commonwealth Avenue, built in 1883-85, 
cost .f!r)r),O0O. Rotch & Tilden, architects; George G. Xichols, builder. 

Leopold Morse, dwelling-house, 203 Commonwealth Avenue, built in 1883-8."), cost fSHO.OOO. 
Louis Weissbein, architect; J. H. Kelley, mason; B. D. Whitcomb, carpenter. 

Schoolhouse. property of the city of Boston, (_) corner of East Fifth Street, built in lssr>, 
cost f4r>,000. Cliarles J. Batenum, architect; Donohue Brothers, masons; IMcGaragle & Co., 
carpenters. 

Hospital building, property of the Massachusetts HouKeopathic Hospital Corporation, 
East Concord Street, built in 1883-4, cost $56,000. Allen & Kenway, architects; D. Connery & 
Co., masons; Leander Greeley, carpenter. This has proved to be one of the most satisfactory 
and convenient hospital buildings ever erected, and is architecturally a very handsome 
structure, showing the best of taste in the design and adaptability in constructii)n. 

Hollis Street Church, corner of Newbury and Exeter streets, built in 1883-4, cost $60,000. 
George F. ileacham, architect; Woodbury & Leighton, builders. This is one of the churches 
with an interesting history. The original Hollis Street church was l)uilt in 1732, and was a 
small wooden affair. This was burned in 1787 and soon rebuilt with a more substantial 




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structure, this latter l)eiiig removed in 1810 and the third building erected; and in 1SS5 this 
was reconstructed into a theatre. One of the old landmarks of the city. The present new 
building is of dark, rough brick, with Longmeadow sandstone and terra cotta trimmings, and 
has a handsome round tower rising from one corner. Its interior is very handsomely and 
tastefully ornamented, while several of the windows are of stained glass representing different 
figures as memorials. 

Boston Art Club building, corner of Dartmouth and Xewbury streets, liuilt in 1881-2, cost 
|)65,(t0<). Cabot & (^handler, architects; Norcross Brot])ers, builders. This is a very 
handsome and elegant building in the Romanesfxue style of architecture, the material used in 
its construction being dark brown stone and dark brick. The front facades on the two streets 
are ornamental and with a very pleasing and attractive ajijiearance, a striking feature being 
the hexagonal tower which starts from the second story and rises to a lieight of 70 feet. Tlie 
interior of the building is very elaborately decorated and ornamented, and the pic-ture gallery 
is one of the finest in the city. 

Massachusetts Charitable Mechanic Association building, Huntington Avenue, corner of 
West Xewton Street, built in lSSl-2, cost -f 800,000. William G. Preston, architect; 
Augustus Lothrop and William Rumery, masons; James Vixen, carjienter. This association 
was founded in 179o, and has as its object the promotion of the mechanic arts, invention, 
and improvements ; also, to assist young mechanics in obtaining an education, establish 
schools, libraries, etc. The first building which it erected for exhibition purjjoses was a 
temporary one, built in 1878. In ISfiO, the association Imilt an elegant building at the corner 
of Chauncy and Bedford streets. This was in the Italian Renaissance style of architecture 
and the material was a dark freestone. It cost, including the land, about f .'tlHKOOO. This 
building was sold in 1881 and the present new building erected. It covers an area of more 
than 110,000 square feet, with a frontage on Huntington Avenue of 000 feet, and running back 
on West Newton Street 300 feet. It is one of the largest and handsomest permanent 
exhibition buildings in the counti-y; the front facade showing a free Renaissance style of 
architecture, with graceful curved arclies and ornamental trimmings of terra cotta and 
freestone. A symmetrical tower, octagonal in shape, rises at the easterly corner of the building. 
At the eastern end is also the ''administration building.'' and next to this is the great 
exhibition hall, and beyond this the "grand hall," with a seating cajiacity for 8,000 people. 
Altogether this is a most elegant modern exhiljition building, a credit to the society and to 
the city. 

Mercantile building, iil-Do Federal Street, property of Mrs. Anna V. Bigelow, built in 
1880-85. cost |!]30.000. S. J. F. Thayer, architect; James Smith, mason; Creesy & Xoyes, 
carpenters. 

Parochial School building, Right Rev. John J. Williams, owner, built in 188.S-85, cost 
$75,000, located at 25-2!» Stillman Street. Charles J. Bateman, architect ; Frank Jones & Son, 
masons; P. P. Kelley, carpenter. 

Primary School building, 971 Parker Street, property of the city of Boston, built in 1884-5, 
cost $52,000. A. H. Vinal, architect ; Woodbury & Leighton, masons; John Rawson, 
carpenter. 

Grammar School building, 79 Hammond Street, property of the city of Boston, built in 



(!() A HALF (EXTl'UV l>V HOSTOn's HUILDINii. 

1884-5, cost #112,000. A. H. Vinal, architect; Sampson & Clark, masons; John French, 
carpenter. This is one of the handsome modern school buildings of the city. 

Dr. J. C. White, private residence, 259 :\rarlhoroug-li Street, built in 188-1-5, cost .!!40,000. 
Feahody & Stearns, areliitects ; "SI. C. Grant, mason; William Wood, carpenter. 

William L. llichardson, private residence, 225 Commonwealth Avenue, cost )|41,()00. 
I'eabody & Stearns, architects; Woodlniry & Leighton, masons; Andrew Anderson, carpenter. 

jVIrs. Matthew Eartlett, private residence, 217 Commonwealth Avenue, cost .$40,000. 
I'eabody & Stearns, architects ; Woodbury & Leighton, masons ; Andrew Anderson, carpenter. 

W^illiam H. Allen, private residence, 291 Commonwealth Avenue, built in 1884-5. cost 
$50,000. Allen & Kenway, architects; 1). Connery & Co., masons; B. D. Wliitcomb, carpenter. 

Cliurcli of the Working Union of Progressive Spiritualists, corner of Exeter and Newbury 
streets, built in 1S84-5, cost f 185,000. Hartwell & Richardson, architects; Norcross 
Brothers, Imilders. This building was erected by Marcellus J. Ayer, one of Boston's wealthy 
merchants, as a headcjuarters for the Union. It is of the Romanesque style of architecture, 
very large and picturesque in appearance ; tlie material being various colored granite, richly 
carved and embellislied. 

Hotel Chatliam, corner of Washington and W^est Concord streets, property of Elizabetli 
C. Eldridge, built in l§S4-5, cost $100,000. Henry G. Preston, arcliitect; J. H. Coou & Co., 
masons; Creesy & Noyes, carpenters. Tiiis is one of the modern family hotels whicli liave 
becomr so popular witliiu the past few years, and is a very handsomely designed and executed 
structure. 

J. T. Morse, Jr.. private residence, 14 Fairfield Street, built in 1884-5, cost $46,000. 
Cabot & Chandler, areliitects; David Connery & Co., masons; S. H. L. Pierce, carpenter. 

Dormitory for Nurses, property of the city of Boston, Harrison Avenue 'and East 
Springfield Street, built in 1884-5, cost $45,000. A. H. Vinal, architect; R. R. Mayers & 
Co.. builders. This is one of the elegant modern buildings in connection witli the City Hospital. 

Priuutry sehoolhouse, propert}- of the city of Boston, East Brookline and East Newton 
streets, built in 1884-5, cost $48,000. A. H. Vinal, architect; Frank .rones, nu\son; 
Hamilton & Parker, carpenters. 

Primary School building, property of the city of Boston, corner of Blossom and Parkuuin 
streets, built in 1884-5, cost .$55,000. A. H. \'inal, architect; R. R. jNIayers, builder. 

W. C. Rogers, private dwelling, 2'33 Commonwealth Avenue, built in 188(5-7, cost .$50,000. 
Rotch & Tilden, architects ; George C. Nichols, builder. 

Elvira ]?. Skinner, dwelling, 266 Beacon Street, built in 18S6-7, cost $45,000. Shaw & 
Hunnewell, architects; Lyman D. Willcutt, builder. 

Mrs. Charles Francis Adams, dwelling-house, 20 Gloucester Street, built in 188()-7, cost 
$75,000. Peabody & Stearns, architects ; Woodbury & Leighton, builders. This is one of the 
most elaborate and ornamental of the private residences, representing the development of 
architecture in modern house building. 

Henry A. WHiitney, dwelling, 261 Marlborough Street, built in 1887-8, cost $45,000. 
Charles Brigham, architect; L. D. Willcutt, builder. 

Grammar School building, f)roperty of the city of Boston, locateil on Kenilwortli Street, 
built in 1882-3. cost $86,000. George A. Clough, architect ; .John Rawson, buihler. One of 



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the many large and handsome school buildings which the city has built within the past few 
years; well designed and thoronghly built. 

G-3'mnasiuni, property of the Allen Gymnasium Company, located at the corner of St. 
Botolph and Garrison streets, built in ]S8(i. cost 5!3;'>,O0(X Cabot & Chandler, architects; 
Mead, Mason & Co., builders. 

Storage warehouse, property of the Boston Storage & Warehouse Comi)any, located at the 
corner of West Chester Park and Westland Street, built in 1881-2, cost $95,000. George 
F. Fuller, architect; James Smith, builder. This is a large, plain brick building, of a design 
adapting it to the purpose for which it was erected. 

'• The Thorndike," owned by the heirs of William H. Tliorndike, 91-92 Boylston Street, 
built in 1886-7, cost $90,000. S. J. F. Thayer, architect; Charles J. Lord, builder. The 
facade of this elegant hotel building presents some very pleasing features, being tastefully and 
artistically designed, the proportions well calcuhited, and the ornamentation, while not 
elaborate, well designed and executed. 

Home for Pauper Boys, jiroperty of the city of Boston, located on Marcella Street opposite 
Highland, built in 1879-80, cost $95,000. George A. Clougli, architect ; James Fagan, builder. 
This is a very handsome set of buildings, of modern architectural design, with siifticient 
ornamentation to make them attractive and homelike. 

Family hotel, Andrew J. Brown, trustee, corner of Washington and Dudley Streets, built in 
1885-6, cost $51,000. Weissbein & Jones, architects; Sampson & Clark, masons; J. 
McNamara, carpenter. 

Brewer3% property of John P. Alley, located on Heath Street, built in 1885-6, cost $300,000. 
Otto Wolf, architect; David Connery & Co., builders. These buildings are notable on account 
of their size more than from any special features of architecture, although in this resjiect they 
show good taste both as to general design and execution of workmanship. 

Hall and office building, 409-415 West Broadway, owned by the estate of Ezra Baker, 
built in 1S86, cost $;>6,000. Bradlee, Winslow & Witherell, architects ; James Smith, mason ; 
Clark & Lee, eari)enters. 

Grammar School building, jiroperty of the city of Boston, Huntington Avenue near 
Wigglesworth Street, built in 1885-6, cost $95,600. A. H. Vinal, architect; Woodbury & 
Leighton, masons; John Rawson, carpenter. Another of the handsome school buildings which 
the city has erected, and which are both an ornament to the architecture of the city and a 
credit to its educational interests. 

W. J. Botch, mercantile building, 76-78 Boylston Street, built in 1885-6, cost $71,000. 
S. J. F. Thayer, architect; T. E. Stuart & Co., builders. A handsome brick mercantile block, 
in the modern style of architecture and finish. 

Hecht Brothers & Co., mercantile building, 207-209 Federal Street, built in 1885-6, cost 
$100,000. Weissbein & Jones, architects ; Sampson, Clark & Co., builders. This was one of 
the largest and handsomest blocks in the vicinity. It was destroyed by fire in January, 1893. 

F. C. Rogers, private residence, 231 Commonwealth Avenue, built in 1885-6, cost $45,000. 
Rotch & Tilden, architects ; George G. Nichols, builder. 

Hotel Royal, property of George H. Brooks, 297 Beacon Street, built in 1885-6, cost 
$150,000. S. D. Kelly, architect; L. P. Soule, builder. 



02 A HALF CENTUHY (IK IIciSTHn's 111' I I.DIXfi. 

Aineviean Unitarian Assofdation building, 25-27 Keai-on Street, built in 1S84-S6, cost 
$110,000. Peabody & Stearns, architects; Woodbury & Leightoii, builders. This is a 
liandsome brick and stone office building, and is an attractive feature in the locality. 

Alexander Moseley, private residence, 282 Commonwealth Avenue, built in 1884-86, cost 
$41,000. Allen & Kenway, an-hitects; T. J. Whidden, builder. 

Church building, corner of Church Street and Fercival Avenue, Eight Kev. J. J. Williams, 
owner, built in 1S84-8G, cost $125,000. P. C. Kelly, architect; Michael Feeley, Imilder. 

Minot School building, property of the city of Boston, Neponset Avenue near Walnut Street, 
built in 1S84-8G, cost .f 58,000. A. H. Vinal, architect; Gideon Currier, mason; ^Morton & 
Chesley, carpenters. 

Mollis Street Theatre, owned by Robert V,. Prigham, 14-22 Hollis Street, built in 1885-6, 
cost $120,000. John R. Hall, architect; M. C. Grant, mason; A. 1*. Anderson, carpenter. 
This theatre occu]iies the site of the old Hollis Street church, which was demolished in 1885 
to make room for the new building. It is outwardly attractive, being well designed and of 
modern construction. Its principal features are, however, as in most of the tlieatre buildings, 
more noticeable in the interior than the exterior arrangement and finish. It is one of the 
handsomest theatres in the city and is ]>atronized by the best class of theatre-goers. 

Children's Hospital, Huntington Avenue corner of Camden Street, jiroperty of the Children's 
Hosjiital Cliaritable Institute, built in 1881-8."^, cost $82,000. Bradlee, Winslow & Witherell, 
architects; J. W. Coburn & Co., builders. A very handsome building of brick; the main 
building being four stories in height, with a wing three stories high. The Children's Hosjiital 
was incorjiorated in 18(i9, for the purpose of caring for children suffering with acute diseases, 
and is one of the most deserving institutions in the city. 

Kindergarten for the Blind, owned by the Perkins Institution for the Blind, corner of Day 
and Perkins streets, built in 188()-7, cost $38,000. S. D. Kelley, architect ; Lyman Locke & 
Co., builders. 

Mercantile building, owned by Warren P.. Potter, 82-83 Boylston Street, built in 1885-87, 
cost $120,000. S. J. F. Thayer, architect; T. E. Stuart & Co., builders. 

"The Tudor," David Nevins, owner, corner of Joy and Beacon streets, built in 1885-87, 
cost $300,000. S. J. F. Thayer, architect; Augustus Lothrop, builder. This is one of the 
handsomest of the modern family hotels, and its architectural design is very attractive, making 
it a prominent feature in the locality. 

Sisters of tlie Good Sliepherd. charitable institution. Treinont Street corner of Parker Hill 
Avenue, built in 1885-87, cost $100,000. P. W. Ford, architect; James Fagan, builder. 

The O'Brien Grammar School, property of the city of Boston, corner of Dudley and 
Langdon streets, built in 1885-87, cost $115,000. A. H. Vinal, a.rchitect; Sampson & Clark, 
builders. (-)ue of the handsomest of the school buildings, ornamental in design and of 
symmetrical proportions. 

Francis S. Sargent, private dwelling, 42 Hereford Street, built in 1886-7, cost $50,000. 
Shaw & Hunnewell, architects; George F. Shejiard, builder. 

Engine liouse and police station, owned by the city nf P.oston, locat("d on Boylston near 
Hereford Street, built in 1SS6 7, cost .'flOO.OOO. A. H. Vinal. architect: Donohue Brothers, 
builders. 



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Warren Avenue Congregational Chureli, corner of Warren Avenue aiul Dale Street, built in 
1887-8, cost $(;0,000. J.William BeaLs, architect; J. E. Giddings & Son, builders. While 
not representing as much outlay of money in construction as many of the other churches, it is 
a very handsome and ornamental building, well designed and tastefully arranged. 

Francis Hathaway, mercantile liuilding, (;i2-(j24 Atlantic Avenue, built in 1887-8, cost 
$175,000. B. F. Dwight, architect; A. Ripley and J. J. Shaw, builders. This is one of the 
handsome row of mercantile buildings which has grown u]) on the avenue within the past few 
years, adding much to the locality both as to appearance and the class of business which has in 
recent years been extended in this direction. 

Charles Head, private residence, 412 Beacon Street, built in 1887-8, cost $65,000. Shaw 
& Hunnewell, architects; L. I). Willcutt, builder. 

Mrs. M. C. Blake, private residence, 414 Beacon Street, built in 1887-8, cost $40,000. 
Jolin H. Sturgis, architect ; L. D. Willcutt, builder. 

Fisk building, property of J. W. Fisk, 87-97 State Street, built in 188S-!>, cost $480,000. 
Peabody & Stearns, architects ; Norcross Brothers, builders. This is one of the first of the 
"sky-scrapers," of which Boston now has (piite a number, while there are several more in 
prospect. The facade on State Street ju'esents a solid front of granite which runs up nine 
stories, with a slanting roof and tower, from which a splendid view of the city and harbor 
can be obtained. The great arched entrance is one of the features of the building and is very 
imposing. The front wall is plain above the first story until the eighth story is reached, 
where there is a balcony b\nlt out froui it. This building is entirely devoted to office purposes, 
and the interior is handsomely finished off, with every modern convenience, including ele- 
vators, etc. The material is of the best, and is of tire-resisting construction throughout. 
From its great height it attracts considerable attention and is one of the landmarks in this 
section of the city. 

Frederick L. Ames, mercantile building, Lincoln ami Kssex streets and Essex Place, built in 
1889, cost $300,000. Shepley, Rutan & Coolidge, architects; Norcross Brothers, builders. 

'•Boston Ta\ern." pro])ertj- of Daniel L. Demman, Ordway Place and Province Court, built 
in 1887-8, cost $160,000. S. J. F. Thayer, architect ; Webster & Dixon, builders. One of 
the later hotel buildings, thoroughly fire-resisting, and modern in all its appointments. 

Mrs. Isabel M. Barnes, private residence, Charlesgate East corner of Marlliorough 
Street, built in 1889-91, cost $8."i,000. Rotch & Tilden, architects ; M. C. Grant, mason; John 
Eawson, carpenter. One id' the elegant residences in this fashionable quarter of the city, 
showing architectural features that make it attractive. 

William T. Hart, store and apartment building, l;jll-l."'>2;! Washington Street, built in 
1889-91, cost $160,000. W. T. Sears, architect; James Smith, builder. One of the handsome 
apartment houses, with the lower floor finished off for stores. Its architectviral appearance is 
substantial and ornamental, combining the two features in an artistic manner. 

D. & H. C. Nevins, mercantile building, 82-84 Chauncy Street, built in 1890-91, cost 
$140,000. S. J. F. Thayer, architect: C. W. Cole and Flannigan Brothers, builders. 

Willard White, apartment house, corner of Dudley and Magnolia streets, built in 1887-.S, 
cost $125,000. J. H. Besarick, architect; .Fames Fagau, builder. 

Pumping Station, property of the city of Boston, Beacon Street corner of Chestnut Hill 
Avenue, built in 1887-8, cost $125,000. A. H. Vinal, architect; Myers & Baker, builders. 



G4 A irAi.K < K\Tii;v (>K bostonV i;r ilium;. 

Home for rauiiev Females, property of tlie city of Boston, located on Long Island in Boston 
Harbor, built in 1882-88. cost $80,000. A. H. Vinal. architect ; :Myers & Baker, builders. 

Boylston Market Association, mercantile and mamifacturing building, corner of 
Washington and Boylston streets, built in 1887-8. Carl Fehmer, architect; Woodbury cSt 
Leighton, builders. This elegant building occupies the site of the old Boylston Market, which 
was opened in 1810, and at the time was considered to be --far out of town."' It was a 
substantial three-story building with a tower. The lower floor was used as a market, while 
the two upper stories were finished off into a large hall, where were held many of the great 
musical and other events of the early days of the city. John Quiney Adams was the first 
president of the association. The present building, which is one of the handsomest business 
blocks in the city, is built of brown stone and brick, several stories in height, with 
elaborate and jdeasing architectural finish and ornamentation. It is one of the prominent 
features in the locality, which attracts tlie attention of the jiasser by on account of its size and 
general attractive appearance. The cost of this magnificent building was •?280,000. It is a 
modern structure in every sense of the word, and is a good example of the growth and devel- 
opment of building in Boston. 

Henrietta K. White, apartment hcnise, 362 Commonwealth Avenue, built in 1890, cost 
$100,000. Joseph R. & W. P. Eichards, arcliitects ; Thomas E. White, builder. 

Frank and Albert Frost, family hotel, corner Dudley and Xonquit streets, built in 1890-91, 
cost .'?97,40O. J. M. Brown, architect ; ]\Iiller Brothers, builders. 

Eight Eev. J. J. Williams, school building. Lake Street rear of South, built in 1889-90, cost 
$110,000. J. H. Besarick, architect; Hugh Nawn and James Fagan, builders. 

Estate of William J. Xiles. store and office building, 2;5-2o School Street, built in 1888-9, 
cost $110,000. William jNL Bacon, architect ; L. D. Willcutt and ;Morrison & Bacon, builders. 

Albion building, property of the J. J. Gardner estate, corner of Beacon and Tremont streets, 
built in 1888. cost .'?200,00O. Cummings & Sears, architects: Whidden, Hill & Co., builders. 
Everyone is familiar with this towering building, which stands opposite the site of the old 
Tremont House, and in winch is located the great dry-goods house of Houghton & Duttou. It 
is an elegant structure both in architectural design and execution. The facades are 
ornamental, and impress one with their huge proportions and solidity. 

Cliurch of the Messiah, corner of Falmouth and Gainsborough streets, built in 1890-92. 
cost .S7r).000. Eotch & Tilden. architects; Melville Grant, mason; E. T. Plummer, carpenter. 

Schoolhouse. corner of Green and Cheshire streets, owned by the city of Boston, built in 
1891-2, cost $90,0(10. A. H. Yinal. ardiitect ; Sampson & Clark, builders. 

^lassachusetts Honueopathic Hospital, hospital building, Stoughton Street near Albany, 
built in 1891-2, cost $60,000. Allen cS: Kenway, architects; Connery & Wentworth, masons; 
Morrison & Bacon, carpenters. Also another building, designed and built liy the same parties, 
on East Concord Street, erected in 1891-2. cost $40,000. 

Thomas E. Proctor, private residence, 271-27.3 Commonwealth Avenue, built in 1891-2, cost 
$65,000. Hart well & Eichardson, architects: >'orcross Brothers, builders. 

Dr. W. S. Sargent, residence, Charlesgate East corner Beacon Street, built in 1891-2. cost 
$40,000. W. T. I'eters, architect; C. A. Doilge. mason ; ^Morrison & Bacon, builders. 

Estate of Peter B. Brigham, mercantile building. 166-198 Portland Street, built in 1891-2, 
cost $108,000. Hartwell & Eichardson, architects: Connery & Wentworth, builders. 



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City of Boston, schoolhoiise, Leyden Street (Oi-ient Heights), built in ISOl-l.': (;ost $55,000. 
Edward M. AVIieehvright, architect; Myers & P>aker, builders. 

Farlow V)uilding, owned Ly the estate of John S. Farlow, corner of State Street and 
Mendiants Kow, built in 1891-2, cost $175,000. W. T. Sears, architect; Woodbury & 
Leigliton, builders. The material for this building was furnished by Wood, Barker & Co. 

City of Boston, schoolhouse, corner of St. Botolph and Cuniberlaud streets, built in lS!)l-2, 
cost $76,000. Edward M. Wheelwright, architect; M. S. & G. N. Miller, builders. 

Boston University, school of medicine, rear of East Concord and Stoughton streets, built in 
1091-2, cost $60,000. William (J. Preston, architect ; Connery & Wentworth, masons ; Ira G. 

Hersey, carpenter. 

City of Boston, schoolhouse, Wynum near Centre Street, built in 1S91-2, cost $40,0(10. 
Plans by the city architect ; Keening & Strout Brothers, builders. 

The New Riding Club building, Parker corner of Caledonia Street, built in 1891-2. cost 
$65,000. W. T. Sears, architect ; Woodbury & Leighton, builders. 

Peter Graft'am, owner and builder, apartment house, corner of Beacon and Dartmouth 
streets, built in 1889-90, cost $125,000. E. K. & E. W. Blakie, architects. 

Thomas R. White, building, corner Commonwealth Avenue and West Chester Park, built in 
1889-90, cost $150,000. Joseph R. & W. P. Richards, architects ; Thomas R. Wliite, builder. 

Nathan Mathews, Jr., E.Keter Chambers, corner of Exeter and Blagden streets, built in 
1889-90, cost $120,000. Thomas W. Clark, architect; David L. Rand, builder. 

Tremont Theatre, Abbey & Schoeffel, owners, 176 Tremont Street, built in 1889-90, cost 
$160,000. J. B. McAlfatrick & Son, of New York, architects ; Smith Brothers, of New York, 
bviihlers. There have been several theatres by this name in the city, one of them being 
tliat which stood on the site of the present Tremont Temple, and another nearly where the 
present theatre now stands. This is one of the handsomest and best arranged play-houses in 
the city. The principal feature of the exterior is the grand entrance, which is attractive and 
well designed to give the best effect. The interior is elegantly and elaborately finished and 
furnished, and this is one of the most popular and best patronized of the city theatres. 

Hotel Nonpareil, George W. Mason, owner, 308-310 Commonwealth Avenue, built in 1889, 
cost $125,000. Samuel D. Kelley, architect; Thomas R. White, builder. 

Horace Mann School building, owned by the city of Bo.ston, Newbury Street near Exeter, 
built in 1888-90, cost $86,000. A. H. Vinal, architect; Connery & Co., builders. This is one 
of the handsomest of the city school buildings, and was named for one of Boston's most noted 
and earnest educators. 

School of Technology building, on Trinity Place near St. James Avenue, built in lS,S9-90, 
cost $83,000. F. W. Chandler, architect; D. Connery & Co., builders. 

William Minot, mercantile building, 103-107 Kingston, 2-6 Edinboro, and 99-109 Essex 
streets, built in 1888-90, cost $110,000. Fred Pope, architect; William H. Stewart, builder. 

Right Rev. J. J. Williams, residence, corner of Harvard' and Whittemore streets, built in 
1888-9, cost $40,000. Thomas O'Grady, Jr., architect ; J. F. O'Brien, builder. 

Sidney T. Squires, apartment house, 329-331 Tremont Street, built in 1888-9, cost $206,000. 
T. Griffin, architect; Edward Lynch, builder. 

Henry Lee et a/., store and office building, 75 BoyLston Street, built in 1887-89, cost 
$125,000. Snell & Gregerson, architects; Neal & Preble, builders. 



66 A HALF (KMl'KY OF BOSTOx's BUILDING. 

Gamaliel Bradfonl, a])ai-tment house, West Chester Park anil Beacon Street, built in 
1888-9, cost $110,000. V. Smith, architect; C. A. Dodge, Imilder. 

Denman "W. Eoss. apartment house, 45 St. James Avenue, built in 1888-1), cost .$150,000. 
Walker & Best, architects; Weston & Woodwaril, builders. 

Boston Athletic Association building, corner of Exeter and Blagden streets, built in 1887-8, 
cost $225,000. John H. Sturgis, architect ; Adeland Phaneuf, builder. One of the 
handsomest club-houses in the country. The architectural features are original and attractive, 
and the interior is elegantly and elaborately finished, being equipped with all the latest and 
best apparatus for athletic exercise and training. 

New England Mutual Life Insurance Company's building, located in I'ost Office Square, 
erected in 1874, after plans by Nathaniel J. Bradlee. This is one of the finest office building.s 
in the city. Tlie material is granite, and the design is in the Renaissance style of architecture. 
It is five stories in height, surmounted by an iron roof containing two additional stories. It 
fronts 50 feet on Post Office Square, and 181 feet on Congress Street. The facade on the square 
is very handsome and is surmounted by a group of statuary. All floors and the roof are of iron 
beams and brick arches, witli tiled floors. There are three handsome entrances — two on Con- 
gress Street and one on Post Office Square. These lead to large, spacious hallways and the 
wide stairwaj's. It has a large Whittier passenger elevator in addition to the stairways. In 
the basement are the large safe-deposit vaults, arranged especially for the Boston Safe Deposit 
& Trust Company — these vaults being fortified and defended by all the appliances and de- 
vices of modern science against burglary. On the first floor are fine large banking-rooms, 
and on the second the offices of the insvirance company. The upjier stories are fitted up as 
offices for architects, lawyers, mill agents, etc. Although one of the earlier of the modern 
office biiildings, it is one of the most solid, substantial and convenient, and its location one 
of the very best. 

The Mutual Life of New York is another of the elegant office buildings in this 
neighborliood which is conspicuous from its great height, handsome architectural appearance, 
and the tower which surmounts it. The building fronts on Post Office Square, and its 
handsome marble tower and gilded balconj- can be seen from almost every part of the city and 
the harbor. The material is marble and the building is said to be one of the finest in the 
country. It is seven stories in height, and the facades are elaborate and highly ornamental. 
The total height of the tower, including the gilded crest and flagstaff, is 234 feet. The 
balcony, which is 198 feet above the sidewalk, is one of the best outlooks in the city. 
Another feature of the tower is the great clock with its four dials, each ten feet six inches in 
diameter, while the hands are five feet and three inches long. This immense clock can be seen 
at a great distance. The building is most elaborately finished inside, and is of strictly fire- 
resisting material. The Mutual Life, the owner of this elegant building, was the first life 
insurance company to do business in the L^nited States, being organized in 1843, and is the 
largest moneyed concern in the world, with assets of more than $20,000,000 above that of the 
Bank of England. It has many other equally costly buildings in other large cities throughout 
the country. 

Not far from the two above mentioned, on the corner of Milk and Devonshire streets, 
is another of the magnificent insurance office buildings — that of the Equitable Life Assur- 



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aTice Societj^ of New York. This is one of the most substantial and grandly imposing 
buildings in New England, its massive granite walls rising to an immense height, crowned by 
a handsomely designed roof, from which can be obtained one of the best views of the city and 
harbor to be liad anywhere. The architecture of the building presents many striking features, 
and is very elaborate and ornamental. The interior is finished in the same elaborate style, 
with tiled floors and fire-proof material, making it one of the most safe and secure buildings of 
modern construction. It is provided with tliree large passenger elevators which are kc])t con- 
stantly busy, as this is one of the most fre(iuented office buildings in the city, in the basement 
are the immense vaults of the Security Safe Deposit Company, while tlie up]ier floors are tilled 
with offices of large corjiorations, banking and insurance companies. A few years ago an 
annex was added, extending the structure through to Federal Street. 

In the rear of the Mutual Life building, on Devonshire Street, is the handsome and 
im]K(sing Builders' Exchange, a splendid granite front structure, containing the offices of 
tlie exchange, and many rooias fitted uji and used by contractors and builders. Having 
other buildings on either side, the front is the only jiart of the edifice which is shown, 
but this is ornamental in design and execution. It is fire-proof, of modern construction, pro- 
vided with ample elevator service and all modern conveniences. 

dust beyond, on Devonshire Street, is the handsome new structure ere(!ted by the John 
Hancock Mutual Life Insurance Company. This is one of the latest and most modernly built 
and e(]uipped office buildings in the city. It extends througli from Devonshire to Federal Street. 
The facade on Devonshire Street presents one of the handsomest displays of modern architectural 
designs to be found in New England ; the material being a light-colored face brick, with free- 
stone trimmings. The Federal Street facade is also handsomely designed and executed. One 
of the features is the grand entrance, on Devonshire Street, an imposing arched doorway, leading 
to a grand hall extending entirely through the building, from which rise the grand stairway 
and passenger elevators. The interior is one of the most elaborate in the city, the material being 
marble and tile, with iron framework, all most pleasingly and skillfully designed. The 
whole building is devoted to office purposes, and these offices are finished off in a style to 
conform with the rest of the material. It is as near fire-proof in every resjwct as modern 
ingentiity and science can make it, and nothing that will add to the convenience and comf(3rt 
of its occupants is lacking. It is, without a question, one of the finest office buildings in the 
city or in New England. 

The Boston Chamber of Commerce is (Uie of the handsomest buildings in tlie city, its 
peculiar shape and its architectural design giving it distinctive featui'es that make it jirominent 
among the others in the neighborhood. The following description is from the book issued 
at the time of the dedicatory exercises, kindly furnished by ]Mr. Elwyn (t. Preston, secretary 
of the association: "The excavation for the building was begun in the early part of May, 1<S90, 
and the corner stone was laid Sept. 29. The building was completed in January, 1892. 
It stands on piles, each pile holding seven and one-half tons. The foundation is made of 
granite, the basement walls being lined with hollow brick. The basement floor of the building 
is composed of one foot of Portland cement concrete, on which is laid a course of tarred 
paper, on which the wooden floors are placed. The boiler-room floor, being below high- 
water mark, has two feet of Portland cement concrete on the bottom and the sides, and then 



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covered with brick. The exterior walls of the building' are maile of ]jink AV<ircester Quarry 
granite from Milford, Mass., and are backed with solid brick and faced on the inside 
with hollow brick, the plaster of the rooms being placed directly on the hollow 
brick. The floors of the building are made with twelv-e-inch steel beams, placed from four to 
six feet apart and filled in with hollow terra-cotta arched floor blocks, the top of these arches 
being leveled up with concrete to receive the wooden floors. The flat roof is made in the same 
manner, and covered with tar and gravel roofing. The floors of the vestibules and lower 
corridors are laid with niarl^le tile, and the vestibules and lower corridors are wainscoted with 
white Italian marble. All corridors above tlie first story are wainscoted in oak, with rift-sawed 
yellow pine floors. The Board Room is wainscoted tliirteen feet high in paneled oak, with 
maple floor, and the domed ceiling made of iron and plastered. The pyramidal roof is made 
of iron covered with black slate, the slate l)eing tied to the iron frame with copper wire. The 
floors and ceilings of the oftices in the sixth and seventh stories over the Board Room are sus- 
pended from this roof. All the interior finish of the building is cpiartered oak. In the 
basement there are a large restaurant, kitchens, etc., a large barber's shop, and the boiler and 
engine rooms. Tlie first story is occupied by banks, steamship companies, etc. The second 
floor is occupied by large oftices. The entire third story is occupied bj- the Chamber of 
Commerce, with its Board Room, Secretary's Room, Committee Rooms, Reading Room, 
Directors' Room, parlors, lavatories, telegraph o.ffices, etc. The stories above are occupied by 
oilices. The ]>lans were drawn by Messrs. Shepley, Rutan & Coolidge, and the contract tor 
building was jilaced in the hands of Messrs. Norcross Bros." 

The schools of Boston are among the best in the country, the advantages of education being 
thoroughly appreciated by the citizens and always given careful consideration in the building 
up and development of the great city institutions. The buildings devoted to educational 
interests are numerous and elegant, among the more notable of the early ones being the 
old Boston Latin Scliool, which was founded as far back as 1635. At different times it 
occupied buildings which have long since been removed, the first one standing on the present 
site of the City Hall. It was afterwards moved across the street and stood where the 
magnificent Parker House now stands. Still later it occupied a substantial edifice on Bedford 
Street, and in 1880 it was removed to the new school building — the most magnificent in the 
country — more fully descriV)ed elsewhere. 

The Boston Art Museum, located at the corner of Dartmouth Street and St. James 
Avenue, in the Back Bay district, is one of the finest art buildings in the country, and with 
the annex is one of the largest. Architecturally, also, this is one of the handsomest laiildings in 
the city, and as viewed from Copley Square, upon which it fronts, is attractive and impressive. 
The material used in the construction of the walls is brick, with a liberal use of red and 
buff terra cotta imported from England for the jiurpose. All mouldings, copings, etc., are of 
this material. The facade is ornamented with two \-ery large and handsomely executed relief 
pieces, representing figures appropriate to the building. One shows the "Genius of Art" 
illustrating the art and architecture of all nations, both ancient and modern; while the other 
shows "Art and Industry" joined. In the roundels are the heads of the most distinguished 
artists and patrons of art, among them America being represented by Copley, Crawford and 
AU.ston. It was in the construction of this building that the terra cotta work, which gives it a 



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most distinguished aud tiuished appearance, was first used on so large a scale in this country. 
The grand entrance is one of the special features. It is approached by rich marble steps. 
The entrance itself is ornamented with handsome polished granite columns, with rich terra 
cotta capitals. The cornice, moulding, etc., is handsomel}- designed and adds greatly to the 
ornamentation of this magnificent building. The interior is finished in the best of taste, 
and perfectly suited to the purpose for which the various rooms are intended. In this Iniild- 
ing is one of the finest and most valuable collections of art and anticjuities, sculpture and 
bric-a-brac in the world. The land on which it stands, containing 91,000 square feet, was 
given to the city by the Boston AVater Power Company, and was granted by the city to the trust- 
ees of the corporation formed for the purpose of erecting aud maintaining a museum of fine arts. 
The money for the buildings has been raised by public subscription, and that portion built in 
1871-76 cost about .$250,000, and that in 187.S-9 about $125,000 more. The architects for this 
elegant structure were Messrs. Sturgis & P>righam. 

The Medical School of Harvard University is one of the modern buildings in the J^aek Bay 
district which presents many artistic features in its design and finish. It was designed by 
Van Brunt & Howe, built in 1882-3, and cost about |!250,000. It is a handsome four-story 
brick and sandstone structure in the Renaissance style, with picturesque p)avilions, and other 
ornamental features, and is practically fire-proof. One of the features is the elaborately 
finished entrance hall with its stately pillars of polished granite. It is one of the most costly 
and elegant school buildings in the countrj-. 

The Boston University school on Beacon Hill is among the finest college edifices in Xew 
England. There are several buildings belonging to the institution. That of the Law School 
is a plain but substantial looking structure, presenting no special architectural features. 
The Claflin building is quite a handsome one, with its high arched entrances and imposing 
front of an ornamental design, while Jacob Sleeper Hall is the crowning glory of the group, 
with a highly ornamental facade. The material is brick, and it is modern in style. It 
was dedicated in 1882 with impressive ceremonies. Another building belonging to this 
institution, but located in another part of the city, is the Boston University School of Medicine, 
a handsome four-story brick building of pilain design and without special ornamental features. 

The new English High and Latin Scliool Iniilding, on Warren Avenue, Montgomery and 
Dartmouth streets, is the pride of Boston's magnificent school system. It is the largest free 
public school building in the world, and the largest single structure in America devoted to 
educational purposes. This magnificent set of buildings was designed liy George A. Clough, 
the city architect, and cost nearly §!1, 000,000 to erect. Work was begun on the building in 
1877. The general plan is after the German style of architecture, in the form of a hollow 
square, with corridors following its outlines. There are forty-eight school-rooms in the 
building, besides rooms for lecture purposes, and for the school board and its officers. 
Thirty-six of these school-rooms front on the street, while twelve front on the court formed by 
the building. The width of the whole building is the width of the room and corridor, 
insuring good light and the best of ventilation. The court is divided in the centre by corridors 
connecting with a hall containing two lecture halls of large size. A drill hall and gymnasium 
connect the Latin and English High buildings. The structure is 423 feet long and 220 feet 
wide, three stories and basement. The style is of the modern Renaissance, having all the lines 



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of strength brought out in stone, the frieze eimrses inhiid with terra eotta. witli a back- 
ground of Pliiladelphia pressed brick. Each room is surrounded and sejjarated from the next 
by lieavy brick walls making the whole practically fire-proof. The interior finish is of Michigan 
oak. The great drill hall, 130 by 62 feet and 30 feet liigh, is one of the features of the 
building. It is on the ground floor, and with its galleries will accommodate about 3,000 people. 

Another of the notable school buildings is the Girls' High School, on Newton Street, built 
in 1860-70, and at that time the largest and costliest school edifice in the country. It is a 
liandsome five-story brick structure, of plain design but of solid and substantial proportions. 

The Carter Building. — Few Boston buildings have received the attention that has been 
given to the structure upon the irregular tract of land bounded by Washington, Water, 
Devonshire streets and Spring Lane. The negotiatioiis for the land in the first place, as well 
as the importance of the site, brought it before the public, and the subsequent agitation for 
the widening of Water Street, and the final widening of Washington Street, kept it there. 
It is also of interest as having been the first structure to be erected in Boston in which the 
skeleton system of steel construction has been used. It is also the first in which the li inches 
thick solid plaster partitions were used. There were, as well, a number of minor details, both 
in construction and arrangement, which formed a noticeable departure from the type of 
building which has been followed so long in Boston, though the Carter building presents 
notliing which has not been tried and approved in other cities. It is essentially a steel 
structure. It consists, in brief, of a steel frame with bri(;k and terra eotta simply as a filling 
or skin. Sup])orting columns are made of four pieces of steel, the cross section of one of 
which is like the letter Z, all riveted to a centre plate. These columns extend through the 
walls and are joined rigidly by beams in each story, and are also connected by horizontal 
trusses on tlie flours and vertical trusses in the ])artitions in such manner that the whole 
structure is rigid an<l firm against wind pressure, live or dead loads, or jars from 
adj( lining streets. Tb.e exterior is finished with bri('k and terra cotta, the latter having been 
made at South llostou by Kske, Homes & Co. The only stone work is about the main entrance 
on Water Street, which was executed by Stilwell & Sehaefiier, in Berea, (Ihio, stone. The 
interior jiartitions all consist of a light framework of steel channels, over which is stretched a 
network of expanded metal lathing made and supplied by the Easterir Expanded Metal Company. 
This framework is tht-ii plastered heavily on each side with King's Windsor cement dry 
mortar, forming a solid partition li inches thick. Windsor cement is used throughout the 
entire building, excepting the basement, which is plastered with Acme cement, sujj plied by 
Waldo Bros. & Co. The building was equipped with a very thorough elevator plant by the 
Whittier Machine Company, the machinery being in the basement and arranged on the Hinckel 
system. In the basement also are located the distributing mains for the electric lighting. 
Tlie current is not generated in the building, but is drawn from the street mains of the Edison 
lUuniinating Company. The electric light wiring, which was installed by the Boston Electric 
Con)])auy, is very thorough in every detail, the wires being carried from the basement to the 
different floors in a specially arranged duct (in one side of the stairway and distribiited to the 
halls and various rooms in the conduits of the New York Conduit & Insulating Company, 
Bettingell Andrews Company. The electric light fixtures were supplied and set by .McKenney 
& Waterbury. In the basement is also located the steam heating and power plant, consisting 



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of a 100 horse-power Bal)COck & Wilcox boiler, wliicli supplies jiower to the elevator pumps, 
live steam for use in Mr. Fellner's restaurant, and heating for the offices and stores. Aside 
from tlie boilers, the entire heating plant was installed by Isaac Coffin & Co. The radiators 
throughout the building were all supplied by the American Radiator Company. Nearly all of 
the modeled ornament which has been used so lavishly in R. I>. Grover & Co.'s store and in 
the restaurant is of papier-mache, modeled and set by the Architectural Decorative Company. 
The entire floor arches are all of hard terra cotta, and were furnished by the Lorillard Brick 
Works Company, whose method of manufacture and nature of clay used, produce the 
highest grade of fire-resisting material which is specified for all first-class buildings. The 
building is thoroughly fire-resisting in every i-espect. The only wood used at all is for finish, 
all the construction being of steel, brick or terra cotta. The contents of any one room might be 
destroyed, but it would -be practically impossible for the fire to spread to any extent. The 
extreme narrowness of the building on the Devonshire Street end, and the lightness of the 
first and second stories, were unavoidable in planning a building of this descrii)tion on so 
small a lot, but the careful and thorough manner in which the whole structure is braced 
and tied together would seem to preclude any possibility of jar or vibration in any portion of 
the edifice. The building was erected by Woodbury & Leighton, general contractors, from 
the plans of Blackall & Newton, andiitects. 

Massachusetts Hospital Life building, on State Street, opposite the elegant Exchange 
building, is one of the handsomest as well as largest office buildings on the street. It was 
built in 18<S4-.S(;, the plans being furnished by Sturgis & Brigliam and the work of construction 
being done by Thomas J. Whidden & Co. at a cost of $!400,000. The material is brownstone 
and brick, the facade showing a splendid combination of design, the main features of which 
are the massive and elaborate entrance, which is a splendid piece of work, and the cornices 
and coping above, which are elaborate in design and finish. The interior is elegantly finished, 
all the hall floors being of tiling in various colors, the sheathing of the stairways being 
done in polished marble, and the balustrades of ifon. The building is eight stories in 
height, with a balcony near the top story. Tt is fire-resisting throughout, and provided with all 
modern conveniences, two passenger elevators being supplied for the convenieuf^e of the tenants 
and their customers. The offices are finished in the most nuidern style and fitted with all 
conveniences. 

The Chadwick building, on the corner of Tremont Street and I'emberton S(|uare, owned 
by the Ebenezer Chadwick heirs, is a handsome six-story brick sttire and office building, erected 
in 1886-7, the plans l.ieing furnished by S. J. F. Thayer and the work of construction being 
done by Emery & Stuart. The structure cost $120,000, and is one of the handsome store and 
office buildings which are an ornament to this section of the city. It is built after modern 
ideas, of fire-resisting material, and the interior is finished in a most convenient and artistic. 
manner. It contains, above the first floor, which is occupied by the dry -goods store of William 
H. Brine, a large number of offices which are easily reached by means of the splendid elevator 
service with which it is provided. 

The Franklin Brewing Company's new building, near Franklin I'ark, will be one of the 
finest breweries in New England when completed. The new brewery is to front on Washington 
Street, and its beautiful facade has been designed on the lines of the German Renaissance. It 



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will be built of brick and granit'^, and decoiated with richly carved ornaments. From its base 
to its top it will measure 125 feet. The central part of the facade will rest on two large arches 
of granite, which will form the entrances to the office and interior buildings, and above which 
will rise the five stories of the brew house. In the left wing will be the entrance to the refrig- 
erating machinery and the general power jilant, and in the five stories above there will be 
storage rooms. The cold storage house will be at tlie right. The mill house is to be in the 
rear. It will have a storage capacity of 20,000 bushels of malt, and will be thoroughly 
equipped with the latest and best machines there are for cleaning and preparing the malt. 
The shipping, wash and boiler houses are to be located on Baker Street. The entire plant is to 
be completely equipped with modern machinery, and every facility for brewing the best beer 
possible. In, making the plans for the buildings the new company has spared no expense to 
make them the most perfect of their kind. In the jjlant are embodied ideas which are the 
results of suggestions made by experts of many years' experience. 

The Chadwick Lead Works, built in 1887, at 17(5-184 High Street, after designs furnished by 
William G. Preston, is a handsome brick structure in which is carried on the business of the 
company. The building was constructed by Augustus Lothrop and J. V. Lovering, and cost 
$70,000. 

Little Wanderers' Home, 1'0(,) West Newton Street, built in 1887-89, cost $*J0,00O. This is 
a handsomely designed building, and very pleasantly located. The jilans were furnished by 
G. F. Meacham, and the construction work was done by Creesy & Noyes. It is one of the many 
homes that have been provided for the destitute, and everything is arranged for the comfort and 
convenience of the inmates. The interior is finished with all modern improvements and in the 
lipst of style. It is a handsome building both in exterior design and interior arrangement 
and finish. 

Robert C. Hooper, residence, 444 Beacon Street, built in 1888-90, cost .'§100,000. One of 
the most elegantly designed and arranged dwellings in the famous Back Bay. The selection 
of the material and its combination in the working out of the facade is productive of the very 
best effect, and the general design is most pleasing to the eye, showing careful study on the 
]i:irt of the architects, Messrs. Andrews & Jacques. The interior arrangement and finish is 
very elaborate, and in the modern style of interior work for this kind of building. The work 
of constructing the entire building, as well as doing the finishing work of the interior, was 
done by B. D. Whitcomb & Co. In furnisliing this elegant home great good taste was shown, 
and everything is on a most elaborate scale. The location is one of the pleasantest, being 
near the beautiful Back Bay Fens. 

Pierce Hall, at the corner of Huntington Avenue and Dartmouth Street, is a handsome 
brick building with stone trimmings, containing, besides one of the finest halls in the city, 
a large number of ottiees, with stores upon the ground floor. This elegant structure was 
erected in 1887-89, after designs furnished by S. Edwin Tobey. The construction work was 
done by David Connery. It is the property of Wallace L. Pierce, and cost .'§225,000. 

The residence of Nathaniel Thayer, Jr., at the corner of Commonwealth Avenue and 
Fairfield Street, is an elegant and substantial building of brick and brownstone. The feature 
of the facade on Fairfield Street is the entrance, which is a handsomely designed doorway, set 
into the walls and arched over with ornamental carved work. There is nothing striking 



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in tlie exterior work or appearance of the building to attract special attention, suri'ounded as it 
is, in the immediate vicinity, by many very handsome structures. It is in the interior finish 
and furnishings that is seen the result of careful study and artistic taste in design and 
execution. Everything is very elaliorately i)lann(^d and most admirably arranged. The 
finisli is of the finest material and best of workmanship. It is one of the finest private 
residences in this most fashionable quarter. Tlie architects were Messrs. Sturgis & Brigham, 
the masonry was executed by D. Coniiery & Co., and the carpentry \v(U-k was done by ]?. I). 
Wliitcomb. It was built in 1882-85 and cost .f 1L'5,(I()0. 

The Exchange building, on State Street, is the grand masterpiece of building in Boston, so 
far as business houses are concerned, and is owned by the State Street Exchange Association. 
It is built entirely of stone and other tire-resisting material, the interior being constructed of iron 
and tiling. It is of the Italian Renaissance style of architecture, the only attempt at special 
ornamental features being the great arched enti'ance on State Street, the capitals of the stone 
columns of the first story, and the balcony at the ninth story. It is eleven stories in height, 
besides the basement, covers nearly the whole block bounded by Congress, State and Kilby 
streets, and contains over eleven hundred rooms for office and business purposes. The interior 
is elegantly designed and finished. The main entrance leads to a grand hallway from which 
rise the broad marble stairs, one of the handsomest in the country. On either side of 
this grand stairway are three large and powerful passenger elevators. Above the first story 
each floor is finished in offices, which are conveniently arranged, singly or in suites. 
The floors are marble and tile, the only woodwork used being that in the door and window 
casings and similar finish, making the building practically tire-proof. The crowning feature 
of this immense building is the rooms of the stock exchange. These are on the first floor, 
opposite the main entrance. The great chamber of the exchange is 115 feet lon^ 50 feet wide, 
and .35 feet high, an<l is one of most complete stock chambers in the country. The interior 
decorations are in white and yellow, with dignified Corinthian pillars around the walls of the 
room. Leading from this larger room is the bond room with its massive black Tennessee 
marble fireplace. Marble in various shades enters largely into the finish of the elegantly 
appointed banking-rooms on this Hoor. Everything about tlie building, from the basement to 
the top story, is of the most modern construction and arrangement, and every convenience is at 
hand for the transaction of business by the occupants of the various offices. Probably no 
building in New England is visited l)y more people during the day than this, and it would be 
difficult to name a business whicli is not represented by an office in this great structure. It was 
designed by Messrs. Feabody & Stearns, and built complete by Norcross Brothers. The cost of 
the building was .11,800,000, and, including tlie land, .'8-3,376,500. Erected in 1889-01. 

Hotel Warren, on St James Street at the junction of Warren and Regent streets, is one of 
the largest and handsomest of the great family hotels for which the city is famous. It is the 
property of Donald Kennedy, and was built in 1881-8G, after plans furnished by Carl Fehmer, 
at a cost of $2.50,000. The architecture is admirable, being of the later style in design, 
without elaborate ornamentation, but still pleasing and attractive. The interior is most 
elegantly finished, every suite being complete in every appointment, with all the modern 
conveniences, and arranged with a view to the comfort of occupants. In its construction the 
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74 A HALF CKNTUKY DF BOSTON'S BUILPINd. 

The residence of Mi'S. Nathaniel Thayer, '■>0i> Commonwealth Avenue, a handsome brick' 
and stone structure with its substantial proportions and imposing front, was built in 1884-86, 
after plans by Peabody & Stearns, at a cost of $75,000. This was one of the earliest private 
residences on the avenue, but is a model of modern architecture and construction. The design 
of the exterior is very pleasing, the proportions being well worked out and symmetrical in 
every feature. The interior is handsomely finished, and is most conveniently and comfortably 
arranged. Messrs. Woodbury & Leighton were the masons and B. D. Whitcomb did the 
woodwork. 

Bowdoin Square Theatre, 179-183 Court Street, is one of the later additions to Boston's 
handsome theatres, having been constructed in 1891-1!. Like most of this class of 
buildings, the interior presents the most attractive features. The design for it was furnished 
by C. H. Blackall. and it is in every way a modern structure, elegantly fitted and arranged 
with all the conveniences for the production of first-class entertainments. The builders were 
Woodbury & Leighton and the cost was $75,000. 

The Ames building, at the corner of Washington ;ind Court streets, is one of the most 
distinguished buildings in the city, on account of its immense height and ornate design. It is 
the pro])erty of the Frederick L. Ames estate, was built in 1889-91, after ])lans furnished by 
Shepley. Rutan & Coolidge, and cost |>560.000, Norcross Brothers being the builders. It occupies 
a very small ground area, which makes the structure seeni rather out of proportion ; but this 
is compensated for in the admirable architecture, which shows many features of special 
value. The massive granite foundation and walls of the ground floor are very imposing, 
and grand in every particular. The immense arched entrance and windows show beauti- 
fully designed carvings in the solid granite forming these arches, as well as in the 
moulding above the third story. The features above this are the large double windows with 
polished granite columns between, and the elaborately executed coping which finishes the top 
story of the building. This is the highest building ever erected in the city, it being 196 feet 
from the street to the top of the coping. It contains .sixteen stories. Three large and rapidly 
moving elevators make access to any of the floors very easy. Tiie interior work is of the very 
best, nothing hut fire-resisting material being used, except in the finish around the doors and 
windows. It is supplied with all the modern conveniences of office l)uildings and is a model 
structure in every respect. 

E. V. K. Thayer, residence, at 19 Gloucester Street. Another of the elegant Back Bay 
houses of modern design and construction. There are few handsomer dwellings in the city, iu 
point of architectural arrangement. The features are so harmoniously combined, and the 
execution of the design so skillfully carried out, that the whole is attractive without being too 
conspicuous. The interior is perfectly arraiiged and elegantly finished. It was built in 
1886-7, the plans being furnished by Sturgis & Brigham and the building done by David 
Connery & Co. Its cost was $120,000. 

The great stone church, on Warren, Wiuthrop and Soley streets, in the Charlestown 
district, is one of the special features iu this section of the city. It was begun in 1887 and 
has taken six years to complete. The material is a light gray granite, and the design is well 
worked out, giving a splendid effect in the solid and substantial facades. It is one of the 
largest Catholic churcii edifices in the city and cost $2;>5,000. The interior is handsomely 
finished. V. C. Ivpeley was the architect and Holmes Brothers the builders. 




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Xo other section of the city contains so many and such elegant apartment houses iis the 
Back Bay district, and it is in this direction that the city has had its most rapid growth 
within the past few years. Lately a number of elegant buildings have been erected quite a 
distance out in this direction, and among them is the splendid apartment honse owned by 
Albert Geiger, at the corner of Boylston Street and West Chester Park. It is a handsome 
brick structure, designed by Vinal cSc Tracy, and was built in 181)3, at a cost of $188,000. 
The iirst floor is occupied by stores, and above are a number of finely finished modern family 
apartments. 

The Plymouth Congregational Church and Chajjcl, on Columbia Street at the corner of 
Rocky Hill Avenue, is a very handsome church edifice, in the modern style of architecture, 
from ])lans furnished by S. C. Earle. It was built in 1889-93, at a cost to the society of 
f 09,000, Woodbury & Leighton and McNeil Brothers being the builders. 

The Mechanic Arts High School, at the corner of Belvidere and Dalton streets, is one of 
tlie handsomest school buildings in the city, and was completed in 1894 at a cost to the city of 
Boston of $130,000. City Architect E. M. Wheelwright was the designer and Norcross 
Bi-otliers were the builders. It is 220 feet long, 90 feet wide, and three stories high. The 
base of the building is of granite, with the upper stories of red brick and sandstone in alternate 
layers, giving the structure a very unique and substantial appearance. The roof is of 
composition material and projects about five feet over the edge of the outer walls. On the 
Dalton Street front is a very handsome tower, 23 feet stjuare and 112 feet high. The roof of 
this tower rests on handsome columns with open spaces between, making it a very desirable 
outlook from which to view the surrounding district. The interior is splendidly finished and 
the structure is practically fire-proof. 

Boston & Maine Grain Elevator. — One of the buildings which attracts the attention of 
everyone going from Charlestown to Chelsea is the immense grain elevator of the Boston & 
Maine Railroad, next to the largest building of the kind in the world, built by the Sampson- 
Robinson Company, of Minneapolis, for the railroad company, at a cost, including foiindations, 
of over $325,000; the foundation alone costing $65,000. Tliis elevator has a capacity of 
1,750,000 bushels of grain, is 305 feet long, 98 feet wide, 110 feet high (exclusive of the 
cupola, wliich adds another 65 feet to its height). It is built of spruce and hard pine, over 
5,000,000 feet of lumber, furnished by Wood, Barker & Co., being required, and about 3,000 
kegs of nails used in fastening it together. It is sheathed with corrugated galvanized iron 
and the roof is covered with asbestos, making the whole quite fire-resisting. 

The latest addition to the buildings of the School of Technology is that erected on Trinity 
Place near St. James Avenue, in 1892. It is a handsome structure of brick and stone and cost 
$50,000. F. M. Chandler was the architect and Connery & Wentwortli were the builders. 

The great brick and stone warehouse, at 299-303 Congress Street, owned by George S. 
Sheldon et «/.<., is one of the largest in the city and is a very handsomely designed building 
for the purpose for which it was intended. In this class of buildings more attention is paid to 
the conveniences and arrangements for storage purposes than to architectural display, and tliis 
is of plain design but of massive proportions. It was built from plans by B. P. Dwight, in 
1891-2, and cost $120,000. 

The new Reynolds is one of the handsomest, botii in exterioi' design and interior finish, of 



7'! A HALF CEXTUKV OK HOSTOn'.S BUILDINC. 

Boston Iiotels. It stands at 7-15 Boylston Street, and was built in 1891-93, at a cost of 
$150,000. The liandsome facade is ornamented by a variety of well-designed features, the 
most striking of which is the grand and imjiosing entrance, with its polished stone columns 
and carved work. Above this the mouldings and cornice-work are well designed and executed, 
and the window openings are ornamental, giving a very pleasing effect to the whole. The 
interior is of the most modern construction and finish, marble and tiling being largely used. 
The whole is of the most approved fire-resisting material. The elegant rooms and suites are 
finished in the very best of stj-le, and are all light and comfortable. The latest of modern 
conveniences are supplied, including elevator service and electric bells for the convenience of 
guests. The architect was Fred Pope and Lord Brothers were the builders. 

(_)ne of the latest additions to Back Bay apartment houses is that erected at o73 Com- 
monwealth Avenue, of which A. W. Savage ef <i/s. are trustees. It is an elegant modern 
structure of brick and stone, with handsome trimmings, and is most complete in every particular 
as an apartment house. The building was begun in 1892, and completed in 1895, at a cost of 
$13(»,000. The features of the exterior are the handsome entrances and the ornamental 
mouldings and copings above. Mead, Mason & Co. constructed the building, after plans 
furnished by McKay cS: Dunham. 

In 1891-2 Henry L. Pierce added another elegant building to his cliocohite mill facilities 
by the erection of the substantial and well-designed structure at the corner of "Washington 
Street and Baker's Court. It is of brick and was designed by Winslow lV Wetlierell. James 
Smith was the mason and Ira (i. Hersey did the woodwork. The building cost $135,000. 

The immense stable building of Kenney & Clark, at the corner of Newbury Street and 
West Chester Park, is one of the handsomest buildings of its kind in the city. The material 
is brick and stone and the design is original, with several features of special prominence. It 
was built in 1892-3, from plans drawn by Peabody & Stearns, and cost .'}!140,000. Located, as 
it is, in a fasluonable resiilential section of the city, it is made to conform with other buildings 
in the vicinity in style and general appearance, and the interior is splendidly arranged and 
finished, great care being taken witli the sanitary arrangements. The mason for the con- 
struction of the l)uilding was C. A. Dodge and the carpenter A. S. Drisko. 

The Henry L. Pierce Grammar School biiilding, on Washington Street, "Welles Avenue and 
Walton Street, completed by the cit}^ in 1892, at a cost of $125,000, is one of the finest and 
most substantial of the public school buildings. It was designed by Harrison H. Atwood and 
built by Woodbury & Leigliton. While the design of the facades is not elaborate they are 
original and pleasing to the eye. and the few ornamental features are sufficiently striking to 
attract the attention of passers-by. It is really one of the finest school buildings in the 
city. 

At the corner of Warren and Glenwood streets is the liandsome apartment house erected 
by James A. Crotty in 1891-2, costing .$110,000. It is a very substantial brick structure, 
and was built by the day, which is assurance of good workmanship. It is provided with all 
modern conveniences and improvements for tenants' use, the lower floor being fitted up for 
stores, with flats above. 

The latest addition to the buildings of the Massachusetts General Hospital is t!ie new 
brick and stone structure on Charles near Allen Street, comjjleted in 1894, at a cost of 



A HALF (ENTUIIY OF H(^ST()\ S lill I I.Pl N-<i. 77 

$50,000. This is a very handsome building, of modern design and construction, the interior 
being finished off in the best of style and with all the conveniences necessary for the ])uriioses 
for which the building was erected. 

The Primary School building, which the city erected at the corner of Homesteail and 
Harold streets, in 1891-2, is_ a model school building, after designs by the city andiitect and 
built by George F. Shepard, mason, and B. D. Whitcomb, carpenter. Like all other school 
buildings lielonging to the city, it is of modern architectural design, neat and attractive in its 
exterior appearance, and finished in conformity with iiuidern ideas of school buildings. It cost 
the city $41,000. 

J. H. Hecht's block of four large storehouses, at 207-221 Federal Street, costing $150,000, 
are a very handsome set of brick buildings, especially designed for storage purposes. There is 
no special feature in the architectural design, as they are without elaboration or ornamentation. 
They are, however, quite prominent features among other buildings in the locality, from their 
size and substantial proportions. They were designed with great care, to be especially adapted 
to the purposes for which they are used, \)y Weissbein & Jones. W. S. Sampson was the mason 
and J. McNamara the carpenter. They were built in 1S0;>. Lumber furnished by Wood, 
Barker & Co. 

The latest addition to the United States Hotel is a handsome brick structure on the 
Lincoln Street side, and it was completed in 1894, at a cost of $125,000, the builders being 
Whidden & Ge. This extension adds largely to the capacity of the hotel. The lower fioor is 
arranged for stores, and the upper floors fitted up into rooms and suites. It is thorotiglily 
modern in construction and finish, and adds much to the general appearance of this great hotel 
property. Winslow & Wetherell were the architects. 

The Exchange Club building, at the corner of Milk and Batterymarch streets, is one of the 
most elegantly appointed club-houses in the city, and was built in 1893-4, at a cost of $227,000. 
The building is in the Renaissance style of architecture and very elaborate in design, witii 
sufficient ornamentation to make it one of the most notable structures in the down-town distri(^t. 
The basement and ground story are of a light gray sandstone, the special features being in the 
design of the handsome arched entrances and the general appearance of solidity. Above the 
first story the material is a light gray brick, decorated with white terra cotta cornices and 
ornaments of the same material. The structure is six stories in height, and around the Hftli 
story is a wide and very handsome balcony. It is most elegantly finished and furnished. In 
the basement is the office of the receiving clerk, and the servants' quarters. On the first floor 
from the street, reached by an elegant broad stairway, is the superintendent's office, a large 
hall leading to the elevators, the main reception room, and the elaborate grill hall, which is 
circular in shape, with a semicircular dome ceiling, richly decorated. On the second floor are 
the lounging, smoking, reading, and billiard rooms. The third floor contains a number of private 
dining-rooms, and the retiring and writing rooms. On the fourth floor is the kitchen, and ou 
the fifth floor there are more dining-rooms, with bath-rooms, dressing-rooms, etc. On the 
balcony which surrounds this floor can be set dining-tables, and the view from it down the 
harbor is very fine. The architects for this magnificent building were Ball & Dabney. 
Whidden & Co. were the masons and the woodwork was done by Ira G. Hersey. Lumber 
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78 A HALF CENTURY OF B08T0n's BUILDING. 

Anotlier of the renently erected city sclioo] Vmildings is that on Cambridge Street near 
Rutherford Avenue, built by Stephen Breiinan and John McNamara, after plans furnished by 
the city architect. It is a handsome brick structure, of modern design, thoroughly built and 
eijuipped for school pairposes. 

The handsome residence of Miss E. E. Sears, at 420 Beacon Street, is one of the latest 
iidditions to the elegant private residences in that part of the city, and is a special feature of 
tlie neighborhood. Its architectural design is original and presents many pleasing 
characteristics. The interior is elegantly and elaborately finished, in the best of style; and, 
as furnished, it is one of the most elegant residences in the city. Peabody & Stearns were the 
architects and the building was done by McNeil Brothers. It wns completed in 1894, at a 
cost of f 70,000. 

All Saints Episcopal Church, at the corner of Ashmont and Bushnell streets, in the 
Dorchester district, is a very handsome structure of modern design and construction, having 
been built in 1892-94, from ]ilans by Cram, Wentworth & Goodhue, at a cost of $80,000. 
W. L. Rutan was the builder. 

Public school building, corner of Brewer and Brewster streets, built in 1892-3, at a cost of 
•195,000. This is one of the latest of modern school buildings which the city of Boston has 
lately constructed, and is a liandsome and well-arranged schoolhouse. It was designed by 
E. M. Wheelwright and built by Sampson, Clark &• Co. The interior is w^ll finished and 
fitted with the modern conveniences for buildings of this class. 

The handsome private residence of Herbert M. Sears, at 287-289 Commonwealth Avenue, 
is one of the later additions to the elaborate dwellings on this most popular residence street. 
The architecture is of the modern style, very pleasing in effect, but not so pronounced as to 
give special prominence or attract particular attention. It is a solid and substantial structure, 
and the interior is handsomely finished and elegantly furnished. It is provided with all the 
modern conveniences and arrangements. The plans for this building were drawn by Roteh & 
Tilden, the mason work being done by Connery & Wentworth and the carpentry by Ira G. 
Hersey. 

The large and liaudsoine apartment house, at the corner of West Chester Park and 
Conimonwealth Avenue, is a recent addition to the number of family hotels in this section of 
the cily and is a very attractive building, well located, facing the beautiful Back Bay Fens. It 
was built ill 1892-3, after plans furnished by McKay & Dunham, and is owned by Albert 
Geiger. It is of modern style in architecture, the design showing pleasing effects in the two 
facades. The interior is finished in the best of style for apartment purposes and has all the 
modern conveniences, making it a most desirable abode. It was constructed and finished by 
Keening & Strout Brothers, at a cost of |!84,000. 

The new Reformatory for Women, on Tremont near Heath Street, is a Catholic institution 
and is owned by the House of the Good Shepherd. It is a very imposing structure of brick 
and stone, of modern design, and was built in 1892-3, at a cost of $70,000. The plans were 
drawn by F. Joseph Untersee and the work of construction was done by Thomas Lyons, 
mason, and ,Iohn Quinn, carpenter. 

The handsome new Working Girls' Home liuilding, on Union Park Street near Harrison 
Avenue, is a well-designed sti'uctiire, built of brick, with handsome trimmings of stone. It is 



A HALF rENTUKV OF BOSTOn's BiriLDlNG. 79 

arranged as a home for working girls, and is most admirably suited to its purpose. It is 
without special features of architecture, other than those which add to its homelike and 
comfortable appearance. It was built in 1892-3, at a cost of 180,000, the plans being drawn 
by William H. McGinty; Keening & Strout Brothers being the builders. 

The elegant new Smith building, in Court Square, on the site of the old Sherman House, 
which was for so many years one of the well-known hotels of Boston, is one of the later 
additions to the handsome office buildings in that section, and is a very substantial and imposing 
structure. The material is brick and stone, and the facade shows a very pleasing design ; the 
first floor front being quite ornamental, especially the grand and imposing entrance, which is 
possibly the most striking feature. The building throughout is of the most approved tire-resist- 
ing material, marble and colored tiling being largely used in the halls and stairways. The offices 
are very tastefully finished in the natural wood, and all are light, airy, and conveniently 
arranged. A large passenger elevator makes access to all parts of the building easy and 
convenient. It is owned by the heirs of T. L. Smith, and was Imilt in 1892-3, at a cost 
of $130,000. E. W. Boyden was the architect, J. F. Paul & Co., carpenters, and Miller 
Brothers and James Smith, masons. 

The residence of Mrs. Harriet J. Bradley, at 197 Marlborough Street, is a handsome brick 
structure, of modern design, and is finished in the best of style, having the modern conveniences 
and arrangements. It was built after plans by J. Lyman Faxon, in 1892^3, at a cost of 
$40,000 ; H. McLaughlin being the builder. 

Another of the recently built city schoolhouses is that on Henshaw Street near Centre, in 
Ward 23. The plans were made by the city architect, and the building shows his good taste in 
designing buildings of this class. It is not too ornamental, nor so plain as to give it a dreary 
appearance, but is a combination of the two which is very pleasing, making this one of the best 
of the later school buildings. It was built in 1891-2, the mason work being clone by Hascal 
Dodge & Co., and the carpentry by Hersey Brothers. The cost was $85,000. 

Oliver Ames, residence, corner of Commonwealth Avenue and West Chester Park, built in 
1882-84. This is the most elegant and costly residence in the city. The material is a brown- 
stone, and the two facades are well designed, being of good proportion and symmetrical in every 
detail. It is, however, on the interior finish and decoration that the architect has shown his 
skill, and everything about this elegant mansion is of the very best nuiterial and workmanship. 
The floor of the reception hall is one of the features of the interior, showing handsomely 
designed inlaid work, giving a very pleasing effect. The woodwork throughout is highly 
finished and polished. Every apartment is supplied with all the modern conveniences, and 
nothing that would'add to the comfort and pleasure of the occupants is wanting. At the time 
this house was built there were very few costly residences in the immediate vicinity, it being 
at the lower end of the beautiful avenue, at the entrance to the Back Bay Fens, one of the 
most elegant of the city parks. The plans for this massive and substantial building were 
made by Carl Fehmer. The mason work was by Norcross Brothers, and the woodwork by 
Morton & Chesley. Its cost was $200,000. 

Tlie handsome residence owned by Alexander Cochrane, at 2ri7-259 C'ommonwealth 
Avenue, is a substantial looking building of modern architectural design, with enough 
elaboration to make it a noticeable feature as one passes along the great avenue and looks over 



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the nuirierous large and imposing buildings that stand on either side. The interior is elegantly 
finished and is very conveniently arranged. There is originality in everything, and this makes 
it one of the jnost distinguished houses in the vicinity. It was built in 1886-7, by Thomas 
Lyons, from plans furnislied by McKiiii, Mead & White, and cost .1100,000. 

The American Legion of Honor, on Huntington Avenue, is a very neatly designed building, 
the facade showing an ornamental portico entrance and a row of three handsome high arched 
window openings in the third story, and just above these the handsome cornice-work of the 
roof, which is flat. The interior of the building is elegantly finished, with rooms for the 
various officers and a very j)leasant and s])aoions lodge-vooni and hall. Rotch & Tilden were 
the architects and Whidden & Co. the builders. 

H. G. ]\IcKay, V. M. Smith, et «/., owners and architects, family hotel, 186-188 Common-, 
wealth Avenue, built in 1890-91, cost ii!110,000. Coon & Hall, builders. 

Elysian Club House, Huntington Avenue near West Chester Park, built in 1890-91, cost 
$60,000. Weissbein & Jones, architects; W. A. & H. A. Root, builders. 

Emerson Piano Company, factory, Harrison Avenue, Waltham and LTnion Park streets, built 
in 1890-91, cost $125,000. C. S. Drisko, architect; Charles A. Dodge, huilder. 

Homeopathic Medical Hospital, hospital building, Harrison Avenue and Stoughton Street, 
built in 1891, cost ■f40,000. Allen & Kenway. architects; Connery i*i Wentworth, masons; 
James A. Flannagan, carpenter. 

Fred Pope, owner, architect and builder, apartment house, 292 Commonvealth Aventie, 
built in 1891, cost $120,000. 

Henry L. I'ierce, chocolate mill, 1208 Adams Street, built in 1888-9, cost .'i!250,000. 
Winslow & Wetherell, architects; James Smith, mason; Ira G. Hersey, carpenter. 

City of Boston, school building, corner of East Fifth and H streets, built in 1888-9, cost 
.1125.000. A. H. Vinal, arcliitect; Donohue Brothers, builders. 

Peter (iraffam, apartment house, 259 Beacon Street, built in 18SS-9, cost 1158,000. E. K. 
& W. E. Blakie, architects ; Peter Graifam, builder. 

Peter Brigham estate, mercantile building, 79-85 Causeway corner of Portland Street, built 
in 1S88-9, cost .1100,000. Hartvvell iS: Richardson, architects; David Connery & Co., builders. 

Boston Society of Redemptorists, school building, Smith Street near Bumstead Lane, built 
in 1887-89, cost .1106,000. Henry Burns, architect; Robert Culbert, builder. 

New England Shoe & Leather Association building, owned by the association, corner of 
Kingston and Bedford streets, built in 1888-90. cost .1150,000. Hartvvell iV Richardson, 
architects; L. P. Soule & Son, builders. 

Boston Real Estate Trust, owners, menantile Iniilding, 102-104 King,ston, ll.'5-129 Essex 
streets, and 5-25 Essex Place, built in 1890, cost 12.S0,000. Winslow & Wetherell, architects; 
Woodbury & Leighton, builders. This l)andsome building was i)artiany destroyed by fire 
March 10, 189.'i, and was rebuilt the same year. 

C. D. Bradley and James Davis estates, store and office building, corner of Tremont Street 
and Temple Place, built in 1889-90, cost .1100,000. Fehmer & Page, architects; Whidden & 
Co., biiilders. 

The Columbia Theatre is one of the very few in which there is any attempt at elaboration 
in the exterior design, and from its peculiarities it is a very noticeable structure, unique and 



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attnat^tive. It is of the Moorish style of areliitecture, the features being taken from the 
"Alhambra," aud it is this peculiar style that gives it its individuality. It stands at the corner 
of Washington and Motte streets, the facade of the Washington Street front showing two 
handsomely designed towers. IJetween the towers, and extending upward two stories, is a 
magnifioent arched entrance, the upper part of which is an elegant cathedral window of 
stained glass. Above this is another graceful arch, in which are set windows of handsome 
design. The front is of pressed brick and terra cotta, supported by cast-iron columns and 
arches, and the cornices and turrets of the towers are of pure copper. From the richly 
ornamented vestibule broad stairs, with massive bronze railings and sculpture, lead to the 
balcony. The interior is elaborately finished and the boxes are conveniently arranged to give 
a splendid view of the stage, which is very large and jirovided with all the modern equipments^ 
At the time it was opened it was considered to be one of the handsomest theatres in the city. 
It is owned by James J. Grace. The architect was Leon H. Lampert, and the building was 
done by the day, under the supervision of C. M. Brown. It was built in 1891 and cost 
$180,000. 

The Charlesgate, located at the corner of Beacon and Charles streets, is one of the most 
elegant family hotels in the city. It is a seven-story structure of brick and stone, the latter 
material being used in the lower story and for trimmings. The architecture is original, and 
shows many features highly ornamental and adding greatly to the attractiveness of the 
building. The interior arrangement is especially good, no apartment being without plenty of 
light and air. The finish is rich and well executed, and there are all the modern conveniences 
which make such apartments most desirable. The first story is arranged for stores, with 
apartments above, reached either by the handsome stairway or by the elevator. The owners 
are J. I'. Putnam et els. The architect was J. 1^. Putnam, and (Jibson & Knight were the 
builders. It was erected in 1891, at a cost of $170,0(>(». 

The "Youth's Companion" building, at the corner of Columbus Avenue and Berkeley Street, 
is a very noticeable structure and one of the handsomest buildings in the city. It was built in 
1890-92, at a cost of $300,000. The following description is from the neat little souvenir 
issued by the "Companion": " It is constructed in the first story of red sandstone. The stories 
above are of a reddish-buff brick, exceedingly soft and pleasant to the eye. In the main or 
Columbus Avenue front there is a single great entrance, a large, spreading arch, occupying two 
stories, the ceiling of which is 'coffered' after the manner of the ceiling of the Pantheon at 
Rome. This arch, with the imposing height and breadth of the building, gives an effect of 
stateliness to the whole structure. The buff-colored bricks used, together with those from 
which the clustered columns and other ornamentations are constructed, relieve the great 
building of any appearance of coldness. They were all made especially for the purpose by 
Messrs. Fiske, Coleman & Co.. of Boston, and are of four hundred aud twenty-six separate 
patterns, each made from a spe(ual model. The soft color, so pleasant to the eye, was produced 
by a mixture of two or three kinds of clay. The red sandstone of the lower story, and out of 
which many of the decorations are carved, was quarried at Longmeadow. The building is five 
stories in height above the basement. From the sidewalk to the top of the balustrade around 
the roof it is 92 feet high. Its greatest length is 207 feet, and its depth is nearly 100 feet. 
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great entrance vestibule, two stories higli. All about us are walls of polished Tennessee 
marble, quarried at Knoxville. Opposite the door is a passenger elevator, by the side of which 
is a marble stairwaj- which leads to the rooms above. A long balcony forms the .seccmd story 
of the hall, with a stately row of pillars that lend beauty to the first view of the interior. 
Everything else about the interior is upon the same grand scale, and there is not anotlier paper 
in the world with such a beautiful building for its home." 

Standing next to the "Companion" building is the handsome Pope Bicycle building, the 
architecture of which is highly ornamental and a valuable addition to the city's busines.s 
edifices. The exterior, with its artistic combination of gray Indiana sandstone, cream-colored 
brick, and rich terra cotta ornamentations, is excelled by no mercantile structure in the 
country. The interior is eilpgant in finish, of spacious dimensions, and exceedingly convenient 
in its arrangements. 

Bell Telephone Building. — At the corner of Milk and Oliver streets is one of the handsomest 
of modern office buildings, erected in 1888-91 by the American Bell Telephone Company, at 
a cost of |;480,000. There are many striking features in the architectural design. The first 
two stories are of red sandstone, giving the building a most solid and substantial appearance. 
Above this the material is a light yellowish brick, trimmed with sandstone. A row of high 
narrow arches extend from the second story nearly to the roof, into which are set the windows. 
The cornice projects and is ornamental. The entrance to the building on the Milk Street side 
is a very handsome and elaborate piece of work. On either side of the inner vestibule are 
polished granite columns, and the paneling of the hallway is of polished marble slabs. 
The floor is of mottled tiling and very handsome. The interior work corresponds with the 
exterior in elegance of design and nicety of finish, the material throughout being the best fire- 
resisting obtainable. An elegant passenger elevator takes the visitor to the top of the building, 
which is nine stories in height. The offices are finished in a most elaborate style and every 
convenience is provided. Carl Fehmer was the architect and Connery & Wentworth tlie 
builders. 

Next come two more of the school buildings erected by the city in 1891-93. One on 
Waverly Street, costing f 40, 000, built by Connery & Wentworth and John Eawson; and one 
on the corner of Lanison and Sumner streets, buiit by Sampson & Clark and John Rawson, 
costing $80,000. Both are handsome and substantial buildings, of modern design and 
construction throughout, and are equipped with all conveniences. 

The Fort Hill building, at the irorner of High and Hartford streets, erected by Andrew J. 
Weeks in 1801, at a cost of .f 123,0(t0, is a very solid and substantial building, the first two 
stories being of granite, with red brick above. The features of the exterior are the great 
polished red granite pillars supporting the two front corners of the building, which are cut away 
for entrances, and the hamlsome arched entrance in the centre of the front, .\bove is a row of 
gracefully arched windows. The effect of the design is very attractive. The plans for this were 
furnished by Shepley, Eutan & Coolidge, and Norcross Brothers were the builders. 

J. M. Walker's handsome office and store building, at the corner of Boylston Street and 
Boylston Place, was erected in 1891-93, at a cost of |:245,000. It is an elegant modern office 
building. The interior finish is elaborate and well designed, and all modern conveniences are 
provided, ^^'inslow & Wetherell furnished the plans and Woodbury & Leightou were the 
builders. 



ADVERTISEMENTS. 



W. H. KEYES & CO., 

Cor|trsictorB gind Builders. 



17 OTIS STREET. 
BOSTON. 



ALBERT B. FRANKLIN, .^ 

APPARATUS FOR 



U/armip^ apd l/eptilatii^iij 



BY STEAM OR WATER. 

Sheet Metal Work In All Its Branches. 
228 Franklin Street, = Boston. ^^^ 



86 A HALF ('ENTIIKY OF BOSToN's BUILKINC. 

Allston Congregational Church, located on Quint Avenue coiner of Brighton Avenue, is a 
very jnetty modern eliurch building, erected in 1890-91, Woodbury & Leighton being the 
builders. Its cost was |40,00(). 

The handsome mercantile building, at the southeast corner of Bedford and Kingston 
streets, was erected by Eben D. Jordan in 1890-91, at a cost of $180,000. The first two stories 
are of granite and very handsomely designed, giving it a most solid and substantial appearance. 
Large granite piers support the third story, and between these are the great plate glass windows 
of the first and second stories. In the centre of the Bedford Street side is the main entrance, 
leading to the elevators and stairway. This has a high arching of granite. Above the granite 
base the material is a yellow brick, with stone trimmings. The Bedford and Kingston .street 
corner is rounded on a graceful curve, nearly semicircular, and this gives a very pleasing effect 
in connection with the general outlines. It is six stories and basement in height anil was 
designed by Winslow & Wetherell, Woodbury & Leighton being the builders. 

Directly opposite, on the southwest corner of the same streets, stands another large 
mercantile building, somewhat similar in general design, with the same rounded corner. This 
building was erected by Frederick L. Ames, in 1890-91, at a cost of .'ti;98,0()0. The material is 
yellow brick, and tlie piers supi^orting the upper stories are of the same material, fcn-ming 
high arches to the third story, between which are the windows and entrances. Above the 
second story are granite columns supporting the window openings. The interior is finished off 
into large stores on the lower floor, with offices and stores above. The architects were 
Sliej)ley, Rutan & Coolidge, and the builders Norcross Brothers. 

Adjoining the above building, on Bedford Street, is another building of similar design and 
construction, erected by Mr. Ames, costing $120,000. It is somewhat larger than the building 
just mentioned, but in general construction is the same, being designed and Imilt by the same 
architects and builders. 

The Baker Memorial Cluirch, at the c(u-ner of Hancock Street and Cushing Avenue, is one 
of the handsomest of the modern church buildings, being designed liy J. ^Merrill Brown ami 
built by John J. Malvin and John S. Lanning & Son. 

The International Trust Company's new building, on the corner of Milk and Devonshire 
streets, designed by W. C Treston, is the newest of the Boston office buildings, and forms 
another example of one of those conii)licated modern buildings in which so many recjuirements 
of the tenants of to-day are iulfilled. The result is one of the handsomest examples of business 
arcliitecture that has lieen erected in recent years. The i)roportions are admirable; the 
liuilding has lightness and grace, and is substantial as well; it is firmly su]i])orted. and the 
lower stories are given plenty of light and the amplest window sjiace without ajipearing to 
stand upon stilts. The (jruamentation is rich and tastefully developed, growing out of the 
character of the structure and heightening its expression. Mr. Max Bachinan's two groups in 
high relief, on the Devonshire Street facade, show his talent for decorative sculpture to 
admirable advantage. They represent " Security "' and " Fidelity ". and the two female figures 
that compose each grouj/ express the ideas very simply and beautifully. The jiiers on Milk 
and Devonshire streets, su])p<)rting the nine stories (if this building, rest upon a foundation of 
iron beams superposed at right angles to each other, thoroughly surrounded Ijy cement concrete 
upon a hard-pan clay foundation. Above the sidewalk, piers supporting the Iniilding rest upon 



ADVERTISEMENTS. 87 



yV\.ILT0N Q. BR0WNELL, 

CONTRACTOR * AND * BUILDER, 

Office, 17 Otis Street, BOSTON. 

I^esideipce, \io. 2 Caujre9ee St., (Bedford. estimates at short notice. 



BURDITT & WILLIAMS 

Who have been established for nearly THIRTY-FIVE YEARS in a building 
which has been a hardware store for more than a Hundred Years, offer 
the LARGEST STOCK and FINEST ASSORTMENT EAST of NEW YORK, of 

BUILDERS' HARDWARE, 

and refer to leading PUBLIC BUILDINGS, BUSINESS BLOCKS, FINE 

DWELLINGS for evidence of their ability to treat with success this important 
part of building construction. 



SCHEDULES FIGURED. 20 DOCK SQUARE, 

ESTIMATES MADE. 

GOODS MADE TO ORDER. BOSTON. 



88 A HALF CENTIKY OF BOSTOn's BUILDING. 

high plinths of tlie finest polished dark Quincy granite. From that point upwards the 
exterior shows a construution of buff Indiana limestone. This material is considered one of 
the finest in quality among the building stones, and is coming much into vogue on that account 
in New York, Chicago, and other cities. The whole interior of the walls has a lining of 
perforated brick so as to form air spaces, preventing rapid cooling of the walls and the 
deposition of moisture. The floors are cojnposed of steel beams supporting perforated terra 
cotta arches, covered with six inches of solid concrete, supporting terra ootta partitions, 
making each room and each floor, as well as the entire building, fire-resisting. The roof 
is fire-proof, and is surrounded by a parapet covered with sheet copper. The roof is tiled 
similar to the floor, and could be made an attractive roof garden. The style of architecture is 
a combination of the Renaissance and Runianesque, and the stone carving rich yet chaste and 
not overdone. The safe deposit department of the Trust Company has an unusually roomy 
and attractive entrance at the corner of Milk and Devonshire streets, the walls being built of 
glazed ./'aJerece, a new article of manufacture in this country, which is now being made in a 
manner rivaling the English. The offices and corridors above the second floor are finished in 
selected quartered oak. The safe deposit vaults, banking-room, and second floor are very 
handsomely finished in San Domingo mahogany. The mahogany counter and directors' room 
in the banking-room on the first floor are very beautifully wrought, and harmonize beautifully 
with the general finish. The entire basement, coupon-rooms, etc., are finished in polished 
marble and imported English cream tiling, and ample provision is there made for the comfort 
and convenience of ladies in the way of private dressing-rooms, etc., the furnishings of 
which were specially designed and made by H. A. Turner & Co., of this city. The building is 
provided with two specially designed hydraulic elevators, embracing all the latest 
improvements for safety and convenience, occupying the elevator shaft of English glazed brick 
running from the safe deposit vaults to the top floor of the building. The plumbing and 
toilet appliances throughout the building are ample and thoroughlj- provided for. Set bowls 
and wardrobes, finished in quartered oak, are provided for all the rooms, and hot and cold 
water upon every floor. The floors of the jmblic portion of the building, from the basement to 
the roof, are laid in marble mosaic, and the walls are lined with Tennessee marble and English 
glazed tiles to a height of seven or eight feet above the floors. The walls of the banking-room 
are treated in a method almost unique in this country. Venetian mosaic is employed upon the 
walls in a decorative manner, and forms a finish which is practically unalterable. The tessera' 
are of glass enamel in pieces about one half-inch square, set in Portland cement, and form, 
practically, an integral part of the building. A damp sponge at any time restores to it the 
freshness of new work. It was built in 1892-3, by Gooch & Fray, and cost f 250,000. 

The new Public Library, facing into Copley Square, is a building of which the grand old 
Commonwealth of Massachusetts may well be proud. The Boston Public Library has long 
held a place in the front rank of the great institutions of its kind in America, and is one of the 
largest, in point of the number of volumes contained, in the world. The old building, on 
Boylston Street, so long a familiar resort for the lovers of literature and the Mecca of 
students and authors, long ago became too small and crowded to accommodate the growth of the 
library and its increasing patronage, and it was found necessary to provide more commodious 
(luarters: and out of this necessity grew the plans for the new and magnificent Imilding. 



ADVERTISKMENTS. 



89 



CONSTRUCTION 



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For New England, New York and New Jersey. 



Advance and Authentic Information concerning 
all Btiilding an^ Engineering: Knterprises proposed 
or in progress, obtained by Direct Personal Investi- 
gation of Travelling Representatives employed for 
this purpose only. 

F. W. DODGE & CO. 



Adopted by leading (irnis as the only Satisfact- 
ory System yet introduced offering a reliable means 
of communication Avitli prospective buyers. 



INVESTIGATE OUR SYSTEM, 

BOSTON, 146 Franklin St. 

NEW YORK Canmieyer BiiildinB, 



(ilh Ave., cor. 'iOtli Street. 




James W. McArdle, 

MASON . AND . BUILDER. 

BOILER SETTING A SPECIALTY. 

Office (Builders & Contractors' Ass'n) 17 Otis St. 

JOBBING PROMPTLY ATTENDED TO. 



Locker and Store Room 78 Sudbury St. 



Telephone Haymarket 551. 



ISAAC N. TUCKER, 

Plumber and 

Sanitary Engineer, 

No. 479 TREMONT ST., 
BOSTON. 



OI^a3EE^. bo3c iss. 



No. 166 Devonshire 5treet. 



TELEPHONE NO., TREMONT SI. 



JOSEPH A. INGALLS. 



PAUL H. KENDRICKEN. 



INGALLS & KENDRICKEN, 



Manufacturers of 



HIGH OR LOW PRESSURE, SELF REOULATING 

Steam-Heating . Apparatus, 

FOR HARJIIXfi AND VENTlLATIXti DWELLING 
HOUSES, PUBLIC BUILDINGS, HOSPITALS, 
SCHOOL HOUSES, lEAILIiOAD StATIONS, 
HILLS, ETC. 



OFFICE AND MANUFACTORY, 

80 and 82 Sudbury Street, 
BOSTON. 



90 A HALF CKNTUKV OF nOSTOtf's BUlLDINi;. 

As one approaches it from Copley S(iuare its immense proportions and massive walls are almost 
awe inspiring, and the feeling is more strongly impressed on entering the magnificent vestibule, 
with its wealth of marble and bronze. Tlie architecture is of the Italian Renaissance style 
and the building is quadrangular in shape, facing the street on three sides and having a 
large open court in the centre, in which is a handsome basin and fountaiji, the whole covering 
considerably over an acre and a half of ground sjiace. This huge structure' has about it 
an air of dignity and stateliness that cannot fail to impress the beholder. This, together 
with its purity of style, are its chief architectural features. The material used in its 
construction is the handsome pinkish-gray granite from the great quarries at Milford. These 
granite blocks are laid with rustic joints and there is very little attempt at ornamentation in 
the lower part of the work. l)ut as it rises toward the roof it grows in beauty and magnificencie. 
The windows below the string course are square topped and of large size, the string course 
above being greatly enriched by a single band of carved work, while the cornice is a most 
elaborately designed feature, adding greatly to the general effect. On three sides of the 
building above the string course is a row of gracefully arched windows, giving the effect of a 
maguiti(^ent arcade supporting the heavy ornamental (;ornice which projects from above. Tlie 
roof is of brown Spani.sh tiles. The entrance to the building from the Copley Square side is 
by three handsome arches, richly ornamented with carved work and surmounted by the great 
medallion seal of the library, the work of Augustus St. Gaudens, while the beautiful carving is 
by Mr. John Evans. .\l;)Out the doorways is more of the beautiful carved work, and the 
nuigniticent vestibule is of solid blocks of Kuo.wille pink marble, the flooring being of the 
same nuiterial richly inlaid witli Levanto marble. From this vestilmle is a splendid view of 
tlie grand stairway and hall. The latter, with its high vaulted ceiling of rich mosaic work in 
colored marble, is one of the pleasing features of the building. The floor of the hall is in 
white and Breccia marble, into which are worked ornamental brass inlays. On either side of 
the brciad marble stairway, guarding the entraiice, are the great marble lions, magnificent and 
im])0sing pieces of sculpture by Louis St. Gaiiidens, which were memorial gifts. Over this 
stairway is a grand and graceful arch of Ecliaillon and Siena marbles, beautifully wrought. 
The stairs are of Echaillon marble, with the side paneling of Siena, giving a most grand and 
impressive effect. The various rooms are niQst beautifully finished, surpassing anything of 
the kind in the country, the great Bates Hall being the most attractive feature. It is a mag- 
nificent piece of architectural work, showing a lofty barrel vault ceiling, which, together with 
the walls, is most l)eautifully and artistically decorated. The other rooms are equally elegant 
and inviting. This magnificent building was calculated to have a capacity of over 2,000,000 
volumes, liesides over 32,900 square feet of floor space for patrons and students. The su- 
perficial floor area is over four acres, and the stacks for books have about twenty miles of 
shelving, which can be increased when necessary. The cost of the building is about $2,500,000. 
The lumber used in its construction was furnished by Wood, Barker & Co. 

The large power liouse of the West End Street Railway t'ompanj-, on Albany Street 
and Harrison Avenue, is the largest electric generating plant in the world, and is a magnificent 
|)iecc of workmanship, from the design of the plans to the installing of the powerful 
maciiiiiery. It was built by Whidden& Co., masons, and James Nickerson, carpenter, and cost 
the company .HiSOOjOOO — a, large jiart of which is represented in the equipment. The 




BOSTON rUHLrc LIBKAIiY, COPI.KY SQUARE. 
I'.V I'KllMISSION (IF WIIODIU l;V i- LRIGHTON, ISFILIIERS 




TEC|]XOL<.l(;r nUILDING, BOYLSTOX STKKKT. 




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ADVKKTISEMENIS 



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. . The NORTON 

Door=Check and Spring. 



CLOSES 
DOORS 
WITHOUT 

SLAMMING. 




CLOSES 
DOORS 
WITHOUT 
BREAKING 
OF GLASS. 



Baltimore, Md. 
New England States. 
Charleston, S. C. 
Chicago, 111. 
Cincinnati, O. 
New York, N. Y. 
Philadelphia, Pa. 
San Francisco, Cal. 



AGENTS. 

Charles W. Simpson, 4 So. Frederick St. 

W. F. Adams & Co., 217 Franklin St., Boston, Mass. 

King and Hazel Sts. 

50 State St. 

Main and Fifth Sts. 

51 Dey St. 

22 No. Seventh St. 

595 Mission St. 



M. H. Lazarus, 

Orr & Lockett Hardware Co., 

Pickering Hardware Co., 

E. F. Daniels, 
S. B. Benar, 

F. D. Morrell, 
And other principal cities in the United States. 

FOR CANADA: 
Aikenhead Hardware Co., ..... 6 Adelaide St., Toronto, Ont 

FOR EUROPE AND THE BRITISH COLONIES : 
J. M. Richards, ...... 46 Holborn Viaduct, London, Eng 

S^ AGENTS WANTED. 

flortop Door-(^[7eel\ ai}d Spripc^ ^ompa^y, 

CHAS. S. PENHALLOW, Treasurer, 

505 Sears Building, = Boston, Mass. 



92 A HALF CENTURY OK BOSTON'S BUlLmNG. 

architecture of the building is plain and simple, but on a very grand scale, the plans being drawn 
by W. G. Preston. The interior is the attractive part of the building, and the features here 
are the powerful engines, generators, boilers, and other electrical api)aratus, which is on a scale 
that has not been attempted heretofore. 

John H. Pray's new building, on Washington Street, of brick and stone, is a handsome 
addition to the architecture of the business section of the city. It is a thoroughly mrxlern 
building in every respect, the material being of the best fire-resisting. It was built in 189], 
after plans furnished by Winslow & Wetherell, Woodbury & Leighton l)eing the builders. It 
cost $175,000. 

The handsome office and mercantile building, at 5-6 Hamilton Place, of which John C. 
Phillips et ah are trustees, was built by L. P. Soule & Son, in 1892-3, at a cost of f90,000. 

The splendid and substantial building erected by John C. Haynes, at the corner of East 
and Cove streets, is a brick and stone building for mechanical purposes, and is thoroughly built 
in the modern style of business blocks, with all conveniences for the transaction of business. 
It was built by George W. Pope & Co., in 1892-3, and cost $115,000. 

There is no class of buildings in the city in the construction of which so nuudi attention 
has been given to the architectural effects as in the elegant churches in the Back Pay district. 
Trinity Church, at tlie intersection of Huntington Avenue, Boylston and Clarendon .streets, is 
undoubtedly the best example of church architecture in the country. In style it is purely of 
the French Romanesque, in the shape of a Latin cross, with a semicircular apse added to the 
eastern arm. The clerestory is carried by an arcade of two arches. The main feature is the 
great central tower, which is 211 feet high, and rises from four piers at the crossing of the 
nave and transept. Tiie whole exterior is very ornamental and elaborate. The interior of the 
church, as well as the chapel, is finished in black walnut, and the vestibules in ash and oak. 
The material for the body of the building is Dedham granite, haiulsomely ornamented with 
brownstone trimmings. The exterior of the apse is ornamented with mosaic work in polished 
granite. The decorations and interior finish surpass anything of the kind in the country. 
The building cost $750,000. Gamhi'ill & Richardson, of New York, were the architects. It 
was completed in 1877. 

Other prominent church buildings in this vicinity are the First Papti.st Church, at the 
corner of Commonwealth Avenue and Clarendon Street, the principal feature of which is the 
great square tower, 17G feet in height, and very ornamental in design. It is surrounded near 
the top by a frieze of colossal scul]itares in relief, with Angels of the Jiulgnient at the angles, 
carrying golden trumpets. 

The Cdlumbus Avenue Church is another of the handsome churcdi edifices, built of 
Roxbury stone and very ])rettily designed, having a large square tower, above which rises a 
tall S])ire. It was erected in 1872 and cost $160,000. 

The Ohl South Church, successor to the Old South Meeting-house on Washington Street, is 
one of the most ornate of the Back ]!ay churches. The material is Roxbury stone, with 
trimmings and ornaments of Connecticut and Ohio freestone. It is in the form of a Latin 
cross, and in the North Italian Gothic style of architecture. The magnificent tower, 248 feet 
in height, is one of the striking features. Others are the great doim^ of copper above the 
intersection of the arms, and the deeply recessed and richly ornamented main entrance in the 



ADVEKTISKMENT8. 



93 



ARTHUR D. JONES, 



Successor to — -^^ 
CYRUS W. COLE. 



Mason, Contractor 
and Builder. 

JOBBING PROMPTLY ATTENDED TO. 

Boiler and Engine Work a Specialty. 

76 KINGSTON STREET, 



Telephone 2320. 



BOSTON. 



LOUDON BROTHERS, 



Plumbers . 



AND DEALERS IN 



PLUMBERS' MATERIALS. 



34 & 36 PROVINCE STREET, 



Harry Hunt, 
Brass . Finisher, 



MANUFACTURER OF 



Hose Couplings, Hose Pipes, 
Lawn Sprinklers and . . . 
Corporation Water Work. 

69 HKyERHILL ST., BOSTON. 



3d door from Bromfield St. 



BOSTON. 



Brass Pattern and Model Work a Specialty. 



CYPRESS. 



Florida Gulf Cypress 

is the most reliable. 

Our Solid Cypress Doors 

are warranted to stand as well or 

Better than Pine. 



Our Cypress Shingles 
and Clapboards 

are the best in the market. 

5end for our book, "Cypress Lumber and its Uses," 
and mention this paper. 



THE A. T. STEARNS LUMBER CO,, 

BOSTON, MASS. 



94 A HALF rENTl'KV fIF IKiSTOn'm BUILIUNG. 

front of the. tower; also tlie belt of gray saiulstoiie along the outside walls, handsomely carved 
— all of which give to tlie edifice a pleasing and unique appearance. The handsomely designed 
vestibule is paved with red, white and green marbles, and is separated from the nave by a high 
arched screen of Caen stone supported on Lisbon marble columns. The interior is iinished in 
cherry and elaborately decorated with frescoing. The roiif is o])en timbered. It was built in 
1874 and cost about f o(fO,00(l. 

In mentioning the buildings devoted to religious purposes the handsome Imilding of the 
]>oston Young Men's (Mn-istian Association should not be forgotten. It is located at the corner 
of lioylston and lierkeley streets. Quiet and tasteful in design, in tlie Scotch Baronial style of 
architecture, it is a most pleasing and attractive structure. The material is brick and 
l)rownstoiie, which is very pleasingly blended. The feature of the e.xterior is the handsome 
entrance on Koylston Street, which is reached by a dignified flight of broad stone stejjs. On 
the corner of the Imilding, thrown out from the second story, is a well-designed, round-roofed 
bay window. The interior is handsomely finislied into rooms and halls and a very large 
gymnasium. 

The Algon(piiu Club-house, on Commonwealth Avenue, is the most siini]ituous and ornate 
club building in the city. The facade is patterned after the style of the French during the 
reign of Louis XIII. It is of brick with light-colored limestone trimmings, and is very 
ornamental. The elaborately designed and finished entrance is a sjiecial feature. The interior 
is very elaborate and furnished on a grand scale. 

The Vendome, one of the most elegant of American hotels, is located on (!ommouwealth 
Avenue. It is one of the most palatial and elaborately furnished hotels in the world. The 
fronts of the structure are of white Tuckalioe and Italian marbles, and all doors and windows 
are elaliorately ornamented with carvings. The design of tlie exterior is elaborate and highly 
ornamental. The interior is constructed entirely of tire-resisting material and finished in a most 
superb style. The rotunda is paved with English encaustic tiling, in various colors and designs. 
It was built by Charles Whitney and cost about $1,000,000. 

Hotel Brunswick, next to the Vendome, is the most elegant in the city. It was designed 
by Peabody & Stearns, and built of brick, with heavy sandstone trimmings. The facade shows 
a very handsome design, with a row of bay windows extending from the second story to the 
I'Ouf and a handsomely designed moulding at tlie sixth story. The grand central entrance is 
(Uie of the features, lieing a row of tln'ee arches su})ported by stone columns, tVirniing a 
vestibule handsomely paved. This is reached by a broad flight of stairs from the street, with 
heavy brass railings on either side. The interior is finished in a most elaborate style, with 
marble floors and rich frescoing. It was Imilt in 1874 and cost nearly #1,000,000. 

The new State House extension is one of the latest additions to the features of Beacon 
Hill, and is a very elegant and well-constructed building. The exterior is similar in style 
of architecture to tlie older part. The selection of the material — buff bricks, Vermont marble, 
and Hallowell granite — for exterior work could not have been more acce])table. They will 
always bear a cheerful aspect, never to be affected by the rigors of our climate. The interior 
arrangements have been carefully studied, and are likewise impressive ; tlie sjiace having been 
allotted with consummate skill, both as regards light, accessibility, and other practical features. 
Nor have the artistic phases of tlie interior been neglected, as witness the decorations in the 



A nVKRTISEMENT.S. 



95 






Vbittier . . 



t\dicb\n^ . 



Corppany, 



ELEVATORS 



N. Y. OFFICE. 

93 LIBERTY ST. 



WASHINGTON OTFICC. 

526 13th ST., N. W. 



53 STATE STREET, 



BOSTON. 



Among some of the prominent buildings in Boston equipped with the Whittier 
Elevators are 



THE MASS. STATE HOUSE 

COURT HOUSE 

CITY HALL 

EXCHANGE BUILDING 

AM. BELL TELEPHONE B'LD'G 

FARLOW BUILDING, State St. 



MASS. HOSPITAL LIFE INS. CO. 
N. E. MUTUAL LIFE INS. CO. 
INTERNATIONAL TRUST CO. 
CARTER BUILDING 
AMES BUILDING, 

Lincoln St. 



96 A 11A1,F CENTURY OK BOSTON'S BUIIjDING. 

coving over the grand stairways, the rich, effective ornamentation and coloring in the 
representatives' hall, as well as the beauties of the leaded glass and natural wood in the 
standing finish in the various rooms and oiSces. The granite work is stern and imijosing. 
The basement story stone is grayish white, of tenacious nature, standing the oxydizing effect 
of time remarkably. It is susceptible of delicate treatment in carving. But it is in the finish 
of the interior that the most ehiborate effects are presented. Entering the building, let us 
pass directly to Eepresentatives' Hall, a description of which will aid the mind in forming a 
clear conception of the general plan of treatment of the whole edifice. The scheme of design 
■ is that of the Italian Renaissance. The frieze around the hall at the top has the names of 
fifty-three prominent men of Massachusetts' past, baginning with John Carver and ending 
with Phillips Brooks. The upper coving has symbolic panels, representing law, commerce, 
war, science, and other emblematic ideas. Above is another line of panels, on which are 
pictured designs emblematic of the applied arts. The coping over the staircase is graced by a 
series of entablatures surmounted by an eagle, with national flags above. The prevailing color 
is a yellowish gray. Back of the speaker's chair is a groundwork of five panels, the resting 
place of historic framed paintings, which are to be hung later. The ceiling light, oval in 
shape, is of beautifully tinted glass. In the centre of tlie oval is the seal of the 
Commonwealth. On each side are designs emblematic of industry and thrift. A series of 
medallions, one for each of the fourteen counties, surrounds the main design. The rooms of 
the more important departments are fitted with letter files, closets, drawers, wardrobes, 
document files and roller shelving made of steel, to insure safety as well as perfectness of 
operation. Massive mantelpieces in the offices of the treasurer and secretary of state are of 
steel, enameled a dark green. The library is furnished with about 20,000 feet of steel 
shelving. In places where it is necessary to relieve the bareness of the steel work, bronze 
ornamental castings are employed. The finish in the library is in natural mahogany, and the 
effect is exceedingly rich. The iron railings on the stairways attract the eye at once by their 
beauty and novelty. The blackness of the iron, occasionally relieved by bronze ornaments, is 
in fine contrast to the white marble of the stairs and corridors. The basement floors and 
corridors, together with the sidewalks and approaches, and working places in the building, are 
of a material called granolithic, a hard gray substance. Another striking feature of the 
interior ornamentation is the mosaic work on the floors, executed in tiny blocks of stone. 
The lavatories are wainscoted with seven-foot slabs of Carrara marble. The plumbing is 
open to view in every detail. Every suite and room is furnished with washbowls and closets. 
The main toilet room on the third floor, attached to Representatives' Hall, is a thoughtfully 
planned and admirably executed j)iece of work. The architect who planned this elegant 
addition to the historic old State House was Mr. Brigham, and Woodbury & Leighton were 
the builders. The cost was nearly $13,000,000. Lumber used in constructing it was furnished 
by Wood, Barker & Co. 

Next to the new State House in point of size and imposing appearance is the magnificent 
new Court House in Pemberton Square. This immense granite structure was designed by 
George A. Clough and cost 8:2,519,991.84. It was begun in 1886 and completed in 1895. The 
exterior shows a most solid and substantial structure of granite, the foundations for which 
were laid by D. Henry Cram, the masonry of the walls being done by Sampson & Clark. 



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Electric Passenger Elevator. 

High speed, sate and economical. Perfectly smooth move- 
ment of the car attained. Brake operated by electricity and 
controlled bv our patent automatic regulator, which prevents the 
jar to passengers and machinery so common with high-speed 
elevators in starting and stopping. Noiseless, and requires but 
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Everything about the buihling is on a very massive scale, and it is a very striking and 
impressive piece of architectural and mechanical work. The interior is, however, the most 
interesting part of the building, and is on a grand scale. In the centre, running entirely 
through the building from Pemberton Square to Somerset Street, is a magnilicent hallway 
paved with various colored marble, with a high, dome-like ceiling elaborately designed and 
ornamented. Ilunning in either direction from the centre of this grand hallway are other 
halls, extending lengthwise of the building, leading to the several departments. These are 
also paved with stone and are very wide and high. The interior woodwork, done by Morrison 
& Bacon and Ira G. Hersey, is in the best of style, hard woods being largely used. The 
building is furnished with every modern device and convenience, a number of elevators being 
provided in different jiarts of the structure, giving the best of access to the upper stories. In 
the building are located the various courts and offices of the city and county, and no more 
elegant building for the purpose has ever been erected. It is-an addition to the public buildings 
of the city of which the citizens may well be proud. 

The new Tremont Temple, now in process of erection, will surjjass anything of tlie kind in 
New England in its architectural and mechanical effects, and with it is associated the history 
of previous buildings which have occupied the site, making it a most prominent feature. Here 
stood, years ago, the famous Tremont Theatre mentioned elsewhere, which was later converted 
into a house of worship. This building was destroyed by lire in 1S79, and a new building — 
the one so familiar to Bostonians for so many years, and one of the prominent features on 
Tremont Street until destroyed by fire in 1893 — was erected, at a cost of over 3230,000, in 
1880. The present building, now in process of construction, will be a magnificent structure. 
The facade is of an original design, the first two stories being of Berea light sandstone, with 
many ornamentations ; one of the principal features being the grand entrance, which is very 
elaborate, with heavy iron piers on either side. Above the second story and extending to the 
height of the great auditorium the walls are patterned after the Doge's palace at Venice, the 
ornamentation being of white terra cotta. The face of the wall has colored marble insets of 
an ornamental character, and in the centre it is broken by a window set into it, with a 
projecting balcony. Above this section the material is brick and white terra cotta. Near the 
top is an ornamented moulding, with a row of handsomely arched windows above, and the 
whole crowned with a projecting cornice of elaborate design. The interior is to be finished off 
in a most magnificent manner, providing one of the finest auditoriums in the country, besides 
smaller halls and offices. On the street floor there will be several stores. In the construction 
of the present building every effort will be made to have it as near fire-proof as possible, and 
the material for the interior structural work is iron and tiling, wood being used only in 
finishing oif the work. The architects for this elegant structure are Blackall & Newton, and 
the builders are L. P. Soule & Son. 

At the corner of Washington Street and Hayward Place the President and Fellows of 
Harvard College have erected a handsome building for office and store purposes, which is 
a model of modern architecture and mechanical construction. It was erected during 
1892-94, at a cost of $100,000, after plans furnished by Fehmer & Page, the builder being 
L. D. Willcutt. The exterior is similar to that of other buildings of a like nature in the 
vicinity, and the interior is finished in the best of style, with all modern arrangements and 
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100 . A HALF CENTURY OF HOSTOn's lUILDINf;. 

Keith's New Theatre is probably one of tlie finest modern play-liouses in tlie conntry. The 
exterior is cjuite ornamental, being of the Romanesque style of architecture aud constructed of 
the best hard-pressed brick, with white granite trimmings; the whole set off with artistic 
ornamental pieces, giving a very pleasing effect. The interior, like most of the theatre 
buildings, is where the greatest skill in design and finish has been lavished, and in this case 
it is most beautiful and artistic in every particuhir. Tlie lobby is a most elaborate piece of 
workmanship and is rich in design and decoration. The auditorium is elegantly arranged and 
is also handsomely decorated. Every convenience and comfort is provided and all the latest 
improvements in theatrical effects are adopted. Marble, in various colors and tints, is freely 
used in the floors and jianeling and the woodwork is rich in design and finish. E. W. Maynard, 
of New York, was tlie architect. The builders were Adeland Phaneuf, mason, and John Y. 
Mainland, carpenter. It was erected in 1892-94 and cost .1i>12f),000. 

The jirivate residence of Mrs. John F. Andrew, at the corner of Cummoiiwealth Avenue 
and Hereford Street, is one of the palatial dwellings of the fashionable quarter of the city. 
The walls spring from a foundation of blue stone, a light-colored Ohio freestone being used 
for the lower sections and trimmings, while the main structure is of Perth Amboy speckled 
brick of a light shade. The interior is elegantly and elaborately finished and sumptuously 
furnished. MeKim, Mead & AVhite were the architects and Norcross Brothers the builders. 
It was erected iu 1884-86, and cost $135,000. 

In 1890-91 B. Schlesinger erected the elegant apartment house at 176-178 Huntington 
Avenue. It is a modern brick structure, of plain but attractive design, and very handsomely 
finished. In most of the a}(artmeiit houses the greater part of the Avork is upon the interior 
finish and arrangement, no attempt being made at elal>oration in the exterior design, and 
this is no exception. It is provided with all the modern conveniences, and is very handsomely 
finished, the arrangement of the apartments being unsurpassed by those of any similar buihling 
in the city. It was designed by Samuel D. Kelly and built by Keening & Stuart Brothers, at 
a cost of i!llO,00(». 

Hotel Copley, at the corner of Huntington Avenue and Exeter Street, designed and 
built by Fred Pope, in 1890-91, is one of the liandsomest of the later built hotels in 
the Back Bay district. The architecture is especially attractive and shows many noticeable 
features, the grand entrance being one of the most prominent. It is of large jiroportions, and 
is very solidly and substantially built. The interior is unusually well designed and the work 
well executed. The apartments are commodious and well arranged, and are provided with 
all the modern conveniences. This is one of the handsomest additions to the arcliitecture of 
this section of tlie city, which has so many elegant structures. It cost $300,000. 

Another of the handsome Back Bay houses is that of James W. Converse, at the corner of 
Beacon and Fairfield streets, built in 1884-5. It is a very neatly designed structure, in the 
modern style, and was designed Ijy J. H. Besarick. The builders were J. H. Kelley, mason, 
and Samuel Chesley, ciirpenter. 

Among the buildings now being erected should be mentioned the elegant ten-story office 
buihling at the corner of Congress and State sti'cets, whicli, owing to the shape of the structure, 
is a notable feature. It is very narrow on the State Street front; in this respect resembling 
the Carter building, on Water and Washington streets. The material is a dark sandstone in 





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102 A HALF CKN'TUKY OF HOSTOu's BUlLDIXti. 

the lower stories, with a yelkiwish brick above. It is very jilaiu in design, the only 
ornamentation being the entrances and tlie window ledges. The cornice at the roof projects 
over the walls and is ornamente.l. It is to be one of the finest office buildings in the vicinity, 
constructed entirely of fire-resisting material, and fitted with all the modern conveniences. 

Another building now being erected, which will add materially to the notable office 
Iniildings in the vicinity of the above, is the new Devonshire building, at the corner of State 
and Devonshire streets and extending through to Washington Street. It is to be ten stories 
high, simple and plain in design, the first three stories of granite, and above of cream-colored 
brick and terra cotta. The windows will be grouped, with wide piers between, and in the 
top story the group of windows will be terminated by an open colonnade, with the pillars of 
white marble. The interior is to be of the best fire-proof construction. The finish will be 
rich and solid, wainscoting of white marble. Terra ootta and marble will be used freely in 
tlie finish, both inside and out. 

Tiie building which will occupy the site of the famous old Tremont House will be of a 
different nature from that which it was intended should be built by Mr. Frederick L. Ames, 
whose death made a change in the arrangements desirable. Mr. Ames had prepared a set of 
plans, calling for a magnificent and palatial hotel as a fitting successor to the historic old 
house which has recently been razed. After his death, however, the plan was given up and 
the property passed into other hands. A plan has now been prepared and the work of 
construction begun on a very large office and store building, which, when comj)leted, will be 
one of the finest in the city. The exterior of this new building will be of very plain and 
simple design, without attempt at undue ornamentation, no useless expense being put into 
architectural effects. The walls will be of solid masour3r, with the floors of steel beams, with 
flat arches of fire-resisting material between. The main staircase will be of a handsome marble, 
and the first and second floors will be of rich Italian marble. 

The Masonic Temple, at the corner of Meridian and Eutaw streets, East Boston, is one of 
the finest Society buildings in the country, in general appearance and arrangements, and the 
main lodge-room is one of the largest. The architect for the building was Josejjh Robbins, 
and the design is a pleasing combination of architectural beauty and substantial form. The 
dimensions of the building are 100 by 108 feet, three stories high, with a flat roof, and the 
material used was brii'k, with freestone trimmings. No particular effort was made in 
needless display, in the outward appearance. The only ornamentations are two tablets 
of freestone between the second and third stories. The jmblic hall, which occupies the rear 
portion of the first floor, is oO by 90 feet, and is readied by a main entrance about midway of 
the l)uilding on Meridian Street and by a slight inclined passageway. Tlie second floor is 
taken up with the Masonic apartments, consisting of two lodge-rooms, preparation rooms, 
dressing-rooms, lavatories, closets, etc., and is very conveniently arranged. The main 
lodge-room is located in the northeast corner of the building and is 60 by 73 feet in size. 
This is said to be the largest lodge-room in the country and is certainly one of the finest. It 
is 22 feet high, with windows on two sides, and is very ])leasant. The smaller lodge-room, 
Avhich is 36 by 36 feet, adjoins the larger one on the south, with entrances from the hallways 
and the main lodge-room. In the rear of the small lodge-room is a library, 28 by 28 feet, with 
entrances on two sides. The masonry and carpenter work was done by J. Henry Stevenson, 
to wlioiii was awarded the contract for the entire building. 



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104 A HALF CENTURY OF BOSTON's BUILDING. 

Castle Square Hotel and Theatre, Ijuilt in 1894, is one of the most magnificent buildings for 
the purpose in the country; the theatre being equipped with the very latest devices and 
arrangements that science and mechanical ingenuity can devise. The theatre was planned by 
E. M. Maynard, of New York, and cost .f 125,000. The hotel plans were drawn by Winslow & 
AVitherell and the building cost $60,000. The work of construction and finish was all done by 
the day, under careful supervision, and is very thorougli and complete. The exterior of the 
building is of white brick, crowned by an elaborate cornice of handsome design. The main 
feature of the facade is the imxsosing triiimp)hal archway forming the entrance to the theatre. 
The opening of this arch is 17 feet wide and 30 feet high to the keystone. On either side are 
two engaged columns of the Corinthian order, standing upon pedestals 11 feet high and 
supporting a richly decorated terra cotta frieze and cornice. Between the columns on either 
side are set a group of six wrought-iron lanterns, masked by grotesque garlands above. The 
suflBt of the arch has sunken panels, each containing a rosette carrying an electric light. On the 
inner side of the arch jiiers are panels containing life-size dancing figures in terra cotta relief. 
The elevators to the hotel run up on the inside of the arch piers, "as do also the broad handsome 
stairways. The entrance and lobby are floored in marble cube mosaic, with a flowering design 
inside a heavy border in colors. Tlie auditorium is elaborately finished and ornamented, 
and so arranged that every seat has a full view of the stage. The stage is probably 
unsurpassed in this country for its equipment and arrangement, and represents the latest 
construction. The building is six stories in height, the hotel occupying the floors above the 
theatre, which is on the ground flbor. 

The new Union Station, built by the lloston & Maine Railroad Company in 1893-4, is one 
of the handsomest, as it is the largest, of the railroad stations in the country. It has a 
frontage on Causeway Street of (580 feet, and including the train shed is 750 feet long; the 
whole structure covering nearly twelve acres of ground area. The building was constructed 
to accommodate all the roads running into the north side of the city. Formerly each road had 
a station of its own, and all except the Lowell had become inadequate and not suited to the 
times. The new station occupies the site of the old Eastern depot, and extends west and 
joins the Lowell, which is one of the handsomest depots in the city. The facade of the new 
part-is ornamental in design and very substantial in every detail. At the northeast corner 
rises a square tower with a flat roof, and about midway is another tower ornamented with 
cornices and mouldings. One of the most striking features is the imposing main entrance, 
built of granite ornamented with carved work. On either side of the great arch are two large 
fluted columns of granite, 34 feet in height, resting on large stone pedestals. Next to this is 
the covered carriageway, with a row of arched entrances. The interior is on an immense 
scale and finished in a most elaborate style, with waiting-rooms and lavatories, the latter 
being finished in marble. The great train shed is an immense affair, constructed of truss 
work, with great spans of iron and steel structural work. Tliis train shed covers a large area 
and accommodates twenty-six tracks. All the arrangements for convenience of passengers and 
the handling of trains are of the latest modern design, and the five hundred or more trains 
which daily enter and leave the station are handled with perfect ease, everything working 
systematically and with precision. Altogether, this is one of the most elegant and best 
arranged railway stations in the world, and one of which the city may well be proud. 



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THE GREAT FIRE IN 1872. 

X writing on the primary causes wliicli culminated in the great fire of 1872, together 
with a description of its salient points as well as on its general management, I do 
so knowing full Avell that there are living many men who are familiar with the 
topic ; men who by education, experience, and special training, are thoroughly 
competent to judge the facts presented. They were within the lines on that memorable night, 
and consequently enabled to observe and exactly know what was done and what was left 
undone by the chief in command, in his endeavor to control that fire. 

The limited space will not permit discussing the subject in as exhaustive a manner as I 
might otherwise be inclined to do, but I shall endeavor to intelligently present the principal 
causes which resulted in the greatest local calamity ever experienced in Boston. 

In treating this subject let me first present the causes, and how they by natural results 
produced the proper conditions for just such a calamity ; and, secondly, refer to the most 
terrific engagement by the fire department for superiority over the fire-fiend ever recorded in 
the annals of this city. The conflict raged for fifteen hours with unrelenting fury, while the 
department, with its allies from other cities, fought with unflinching heroism and bravery, 
yielding no point where it was possible to stand, and regarding no sacrifice too great to make, 
could they but vanquish their merciless enemy. 

Science, history, and experience teach that magnificent results, as well as terrible calamities, 
have their origin in small things. Even a mere whisper stirs, imperceptibly, the air around 
the globe. The simple act of eating an ajiple led to the world's downfall, while a falling one 
led to its philosophy. Opinions and principles are formed from slight causes, but by them 
character is shaped and the world subjugated. Our thoughts are our educators, and we are 
what they make us, and they, finding expression, make public sentiment. A man in this 
country, whether a citizen by birth or adoption, may raise his standard to whatever height his 
ambition suggests, but success depends upon his untiring energy; and in liis life's work he has 
the sympathy, support, and protection of the most catholic government on the face of the 
globe. 

Since the brakes were first manned our country has been, pre-eminently, a progressive one. 
We have seen, on all sides, the old give way to the new; the unpretentious three-story brick 
building give way to the imposing marble or granite structure of ten stories; the hundred 
dollar plant with its half dozen employees make room for the million dollar plant with its one 
thousand employees; the business methods practised by our fathers in the various branches of 
industry disappear, and our citizens rise from the financial crisis of 1857, able to congratulate 
each other upon the future business prosperity of our country. We are, therefore, by 
observation and education taught to look upon this constant change with pleasurable emotion, 



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108 A IIALI- CENTURY OF BOSTOn's KUILDING. 

and gratefully acknowledge that tlie mighty achievements accomplished are due to tliat system 
of government which fosters free sjieech, and maintains free public schools. 

We also heard the tocsins of war, and read the tidings flashed by wire throughout the 
length and breadth of out land, that the stars and stripes, the symbol of our union and strength 
as a republic, had been trailed in the dust. This act proclaimed the dawn of the most gigantic 
and fratricidal war that ever fell to the lot of the civilized world; and, out of the excitement 
incidental to this terrible news, we heard the call from the nation's coiumander-in-chief, and a 
million patriotic men responded who deemed no sacrifice of either blood or treasure too great 
to make, if they might thereby maintain and transmit to their children the noble heritage 
bequeathed to them. 

It was at the close of this terrible straggle which had stee])e(l our soil in the blood of 
noble patriots, and while our citizens were engaged in building up the waste places made 
desolate, that Captain John S. Damrell was elected, by the municipality of our city, to take 
command of one of its most important departments — the Department of Safety. He accepted 
the trust after carefully weighing its responsibilities, and- entered upon the discharge of its 
duties with a determination not only to be master of, but master in, the service. It became 
necessary for him to i)erfect himself in the principles and minor details of the service, so that 
by a thorough knowledge of the men and material under his command he might bring the 
department up to a position equal to any and second to none. How well he succeeded can be 
determined only by his peers ; and they are of that class of gentlemen who surrounded him 
that night. 

Becoming absorbed in tlie prosecution of the work and in the study of the tire 
wastes, for the purpose of fully qualifying himself for the position held, it was clearly evident 
that our citizens and their representatives in the councils of our city liad but a faint knowledge 
of the great losses occurring, and he was fully convinced of the indifference of the public, 
as well as those persons who made it a business to collect premiums from the many to pay 
the losses sustained by the few. 

To surmount the causes that produced these disasters became a serious question, and it 
was a difficult matter to determine the best methods to be adopted to secure the property of 
our fellow-citizens from further ravages by this element of destruction. Up to this time 
modern history had not been called on to record the sweeping out or licking up of the whole 
or part of our American cities. With the improvements in all the mechanical appliances of 
our age, and the introduction of superior machinery to accomplish work heretofore performed 
by human muscle, aided by the telegraph and chemistrj^, now the working tools of our fire 
department, the average citizen dismissed all thoughts that extensive conflagrations could 
occur, and one asserting otherwise, with the splendid equipment of fire organizations in large 
cities, was considered an alarmist, and branded as one possessing other motives than the best 
interests of tlie commimity. 

It was on July 4, 1866, that the electric .spark communicated the astounding intelligence 
that the Forest City of Maine — Portland — was being devastated by fire. Its principal business 
centre, from the Eastern depot to Mount Joy, had been licked up by the flames, and drifted 
away in smoke out to sea. Its further progress was stopped for want of material to feed on. 
Such was the news, and the excitement became intense as our citizens gathered around the 



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several newspaper offices, and scanned each succeeding Lulletin which reported the progress of 
the fire. 

A municipal inquest was held, to ascertain the cause and to investigate the management of 
the fire by the Chief Engineer. The cause was briefly stated: it originated by boys playing 
with fire-crackers. The management received much commendation and praise on the one 
hand — harsh and ungenerous criticism on the other. It was learned from His Honor the Mayor 
of that city, the public pulse was so liigh from the city's great loss, and the fearful privations 
which many of her citizens were called on to endure, that the sins of neglect on the part of 
her municipality would have to be expiated by someone ; whether that one would be the 
Mayor or Chief Engineer he could not then determine. Chief Engineer Rogers was, ultimately, 
officially guillotined, and the clamors of a certain class who constantly thirst for official scalps 
subsided, they feeling elated and satisfied. The lesson proved to be, as many others have 
been before, a nine days' wonder, and passed out of the memory of all but the immediate 
sufferers. 

From that time on, to October 9, 1871, the necessaries and luxuries of life were easily 
obtained from the immense resources of our land, and our citizens' minds were diverted 
from all thoughts on safety or security in the mad rush for wealth, and absolute blindness 
seemed to afflict the entire community so that they could not see the impending danger. 

But on that date our country was shaken by the news of a fearful calamity which had 
overtaken tlie Garden City of the West. In brief, the city was smouldering in ashes, and 
hundreds of tliousands of people were driven from their homes by the ceaseless and merciless 
flames, with no other protection or shelter than that afforded by the broad prairies and 
heaven's starlit canopy. A noble, proud, and prosperous city, a city of affluence and wealth, 
was reduced in a single day to distress. This was a thunderbolt, and its reverberations 
aroused our citizens from their apatliy, and the power of this friend of humanity was now 
fully understood wlien unchained and uncontrolled. 

Under the inspiration of the hour the generosity of our citizens was boundless. Public 
assemblies were convened, resolutions of sympathy unanimously passed, supplemented with 
munificent donations. Boston's firemen sent by their chief a generous donation to their 
Cliicago brothers. By the outpouring of beneficence the homeless were cared for and the city 
once again rose. Phoenix-like, even more beautiful than before. 

The fire had its origin in a small dilapidated structure used for stabling purposes, and was 
caused by the overturning of a kerosene lamp. The fire department of that city was arraigned 
before the bar of public opinion and put on trial. A careful and discriminating jury rendered 
a verdict of praise and commendation for the heroic service performed, including all from the 
chief down. On the other hand they were denounced as imbeciles; composed of a. class 
without education, training, principle, or judgment, and performing their duty as the unthinking 
horse bears the burden to which he is harnessed; charged with being demoralized and intoxi- 
cated, and commanded by a chief who had not the power to grasp nor the ability to organize and 
bring his force into reasonable discipline. This force and cliief were subject to a board of Fire 
Commissioners. Later on, pressure was brought to bear by insurance men on tlie commission 
and municipal council to send to New York and secure the services of General Shaler to 
reorganize, relocate, and strengtlien the department. He responded to the call, but his services 



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112 A HALF CENTUKY OF BOSTOn's BUILDIXO. 

were of short duration; and suffice it to say that the one upon whom the insurance men and 
the press had showered unstinting praise of abilit}' as a chief, an organizer and leader, was 
now deemed to be so incompetent tliat the basket was prepared and hnally received Ins 
decapitated head. 

Now, in coming to tlie tire of 1872, it will be necessary to further digress, so that it may be 
clearly shown what the result of observation jjroduced, and how ample warnings had been 
given of the liability to such a visitation as had overtaken our sister cities. 

October 25, 1848, this city, by authority from the General Court, introduced water from 
Lake Cochituate for tire and domestic purposes. This action of the municipality had its 
friends and opponents. Certain sections of the city were piped of a size supposed to be 
commensurate for an adequate supjdy, but it proved to be insufficient for the growth of the 
city. 

The water enthusiasts demanded of the city council a reorganization of the fire department. 
To retain twenty engine companies was a jiiece of municipal folly, for a fire in Boston of any 
magnitude was impossible. Their requests were complied with, and the department was 
reorganized. Engine companies were disbanded, and hose companies sidistituted, and one can 
remember the magnificent equipage of two hose jumpers lashed together with spun yarn, drawn 
through the streets as a four-wheel hose carriage adapted to tlie new organization. Somehow, 
and contrary to declarations made, fires still occurred, and manj^ proved very disastrous. The 
new department soon became the target for severe criticism, and its efficiency was constantly 
questioned. Ere long the climax was reached, and the citizens set forth, in numerous petitions 
to tlie City Council, the inadequacy of the water supply. This was found to be so when 
several hydrants were tajjped at the same time, for the head was so reduced that the streams 
were not of such pcjwer as to be relied on in emergencies. The engine companies were once 
again reorganized and the departuient's strength increased to what it was previous to the 
introduction of Cochituate. AVater-takers were on the increase; new pipes were laid of the 
same size and the hydrants were of the capacity fiist intro(liu;-ed. up to the tinu^ of the fire 
in 1872. 

Xature's antagonist, water, has been ever employed by man for the extinction of tire. 
Scienct' from time to time luis endeavured to increase its extinguishing jiower by mixing 
chemicals with it. Many novel inventions having that purpose in new have been presented to 
the public. Exhibitions have been given to fire departments and the public to show the 
additional power when aided In' the mixtures. Well-arranged tires lor sxifcessfully proving 
the merits of their patents obtained for these exhibitors wonderful results, and the press was 
made iise of to thoroughly advertise the great successes obtained. Inventors and their agents 
held high carnival, and the future safet\' of our cities was now assured, ))rovided the authorities 
ado])ted their fire aunihilators and extinguishers. 

Thoughtful and practical chiefs, wlio had educated themselves upon all points of contact 
and success as ap[>lied by the laws of nature, while admitting their apparent success, would be 
recreant to official trust if they did not rise above the clamors made for recognition, and demand 
a full and adequate supply of water. To attain this end Chief Damrell bent his energies, and 
in his annual reports of 1S67, 18r>S, and 1869, as well as by a special comnnniication sent to 
the City Council in 1860. called attention to the weak points in the city's supply. A map of 



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2,500,000 FEET OF LAND WITHIN TEN MINUTES* WALK OF BOSTON POST 

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114 A HALF CEXTUKY OF BUSTON's BUILDING. 

the district burned in 1872 was furnished bj' Mr. Crafts, then City Engineer. The width of 
streets, height of buihlings, size of water mains, number, size, and capacity of hydrants and 
branch pipes supplying thein, were all shoAvn on the plan which accompanied the communication. 
Many of the branches, owing to corrosion, would not average 2\ inches in diameter. It was 
clearly set forth that the water service might be adequate for the low class of buildings that lined 
the streets of the business part of the city, but the radical changes being made by converting this 
whole section into a grand trade centre, where mercantile buildings of seven and eight stories 
in height were fast supplanting the three-story dwellings, would require increased water 
service. While the hand-engines were in use they required only seventy-five gallons per 
minute, but each of the steamers demanded a supply of water equal to four hundred gallons 
per minute. Continuous complaints were made by the department of its inalnlity to obtain a 
supply for two steamers when working at hydrants on the same line of i)ipe. A vacuum 
caused by one steamer drawing all the supply would leave the other without any. 

Possessing this knowledge of the defects in the water service, and realizing that the 
steamers were like a splendid battery without ammunition in the event of a calamity. Chief 
Dararell felt constrained to lay the whole matter before the president of the Water Board, Mr. 
Thorudike, stating clearly the necessity of having larger distribution pipes, and snggested the 
removal of the flush hydrants and the jjlacing of the Lowery or Hill hydrant in all localities 
where it was necessary to have any. 

Of the cost of the several hydrants estimates were submitted by Mr. Crafts, March 13, 1869, 
from Mr. Lowery, who came from Pittsburgh, Penn., in answer to a communication on that 
subject, and fiimi Mr. Hill of Italtimore, who also responded in person, and in no case was the 
price to exceed five dollars over the cost of the Boston or Lowell hydrant. In conversation 
Mr. Lowery stated, in answer to a direct question, that he had not personal influence enough 
to introduce his hydrant at any cost. 

The chief received in answer l>y messenger from that department " that when the Water 
Board was in want of information on the management or the material to be employed in that 
department they would communicate with him." In referring to this matter after the fire it 
was a surprise to learn that a gentleman, and one who was president of the Water Board of the 
city, would deny that he had received a communication from the Chief Engineer upon the 
matter. Yet the fact remains that it was sent, and the answer returned in the way and manner 
described and in the presence of three witnesses. 

Efforts were made to secure the necessary supply in another direction, and the whole 
question was called to the attention of Mayor Norcross, and it was suggested to him that the 
money contemplated being spent on building a carriage driveway around Chestnut Hill 
Reservoir be emploj'ed in repiping this district of the city, with a jiipe of sutticient size to 
supply the demands made for fire extinguishing purposes. Such a course would better serve 
the city's interest than the driveway. 

An ajipeal was also made to Mr. Henry N. Stone, a member of the Common Council from 
Ward r>, in 1871, and that gentleman presented a report to the Council advising the use of salt 
water for fire extinguishing purposes, and the erection and maintenance of pumping stations, 
to embrace the entire section of the city north of Dover Street. The stations were to be 
located at the foot of Hanover Street, foot of Cambridge Street, foot of State Street, and 







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116 A HALF (EXTUKY OF BOSTON's BUILDING. 

junction of Dover and Albany streets, witli twenty-ineli mains and eight'incb brandies, 
supplied with post hydrants on the same. The hydrant, being equal to four first-class steam 
fire-engines, with the supjily for them which the plan suggested, would have proved very 
effective in case of such au emergency as occurred. Of the feasibility and practicability no one 
doubted. 

That the necessity existed is undeniable, for after the fire the city complied in many 
particulars with the demands made, and supplied that territory with proper mains. If the 
same had been done before the fire, and the Lowery or Hill hydrant had been in use, the 
steamers could have been massed on that night in batteries of four at each hydrant, witli short 
lines of hose which coiild have been handled with ease, the friction to overcome would have 
been slight, and the liursting of the hose correspondingly diminished. This would have given 
eight streams with an ample supply of water, and the full force and effectiveness of the 
powerful steamers, instead of but one stream from a hydrant, and a very poor one at that. 

Another subject engaged the attention of the department, and the Chief Engineer felt it 
would be in no way disparaging to substantial improvement to officially criticise the defects 
in construction, in the atteinpt only to beautify the external portions of the buildings and 
produce something wliicdi was pleasing to the eye. Modern architecture was contributing its 
full share to the causes of conflagrations, and was responsible in a great degree for the loss 
of many valuable lives. The walls of these structures, so beautiful and t^ibellished, were thin 
and uneipial to the strains they were to resist. Party wall as a fire-resisting wall was simply 
a misonomer. 

The imaginations of architects must have been sorely taxed as they labtn-ed to ijresent 
drawings of this style and class of construction, which they were forced to in response to the 
demands of that class of clients who had suddenly grown rich, and wislied drawings of 
magnificent shells, not caring how slight or flimsy they miglit be, provided the appearance was 
striking and attractive. If our citizen builders were called in to estimate on the cost of 
construction, and their figures were in excess of the price determined on by the capitalist, 
another class was requested to furnish figures. This latter class were oftentimes builders 
whose nationality was neither one thing nor another, and their responsibility on a par with 
their business methods. They would take the contract, complete the work, secure the benefit 
of the bankrupt law, skip the country, and make room for another gang. This order of 
construction was met with in all sections of our city, and it is certain that the Budensieks did 
not all live in New York at this date. 

Iron and granite were the principal materials used in construction, and without reference to 
protection from fiame and heat. The thickness of walls corresponded to the avarice or 
indifference of capitalist or speculator. Internal construction, by the usual methods, 
consisted of hard pine floor timbers and hard pine upper floors, forming a perfect system of 
flues throughout, and tlie whole was crowned by the French or Mansard roofs, which averaged 
from twelve- to twenty feet in height above the walls, and were properly designated, by reason 
of the material employed, " elevated lumber yards." The elevator wells in use were wooden 
chimneys, and served as conduits to conduct fire from story to story and to the Mansard roof. 
By the system adopted for heating they were kept at a temperature of 70° and 80° during the 
season necessary to use fire for that purpose, while alongside the pipes the temperature ranged 



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118 A HALF CENTUKY OF BOSTON'S BUILDING. 

from 80° to 200°. Woodwork in contact with the pipes became chemically changed, desiccation 
and carbonization followed, and the building was thoroughly prepared for a conflagration ; and 
in sucli an event they were doomed to swift destruction. 

The practical relations of landlord and tenant were also duly considered as to risk and 
responsibility. What is meant by liability and responsibility of landlord and tenant ? A 
ca)(italist owning a lot of land, value .f 75,000, desired to improve it, and erected a building 
worth $50,000; his investment then represented $125,000, from which he derived an 
annual rental. He had by nature a perpetual policy of insurance on four-sixths of his entire 
investment. Now what had the ea]iitalist or landlord done, directly or indirectly, to secure 
the safety of the tenant's half a million dollars' worth of goods stored on the premises? Not 
one dollar had been expendfed by way of precaution against fire. Nevertheless, the owner 
with his building, representing only two-sixths at stake, established, on general principles, the 
character of the city for safety and permanency, and this to the mind of the writer was the 
concrete foundation and jirineipal cause of the fire of 1872. The buildings were oftentimes 
occupied by several tenants, and, the responsibility being divided, personal care was removed. 
It was owing to the indifference on the jiart of the capitalist and speculator, whose disposition 
led them to construct buildings of the class described, that prompted the chief to notify the 
Board of Underwriters of this city of the great risks they were assuming in writing on such 
biiildings as first-class insurable property. In answer to the communication sent, an invitation 
was extended to him to attend a meeting of the board. The opportunity was embraced and 
their attention called to the facts and the possibility of a sweeping conflagration occurring from 
tlie slightest cause, if the fire was not checked in its incipiency. Municipal and state records 
show that efforts were made to secure the enactment of a building law, which would protect 
the city from further danger in this direction, by the Chief Engineer, and chapter 280 of the 
Acts of tlie year 1871 was the result. 

A careful examination was made to discover in what section of the city the largest and 
most disastrous fires occurred, and the information gleaned soon convinced the chief that the 
location of the apparatus ought to be radically changed, and brought within a radius of one 
quarter of a mile of City Hall. A majority of the fires occurring was within that radius, and 
seventy-five per cent, of Boston's perishable property was within the same territory. It was 
also a fact that eighty per cent, of the wear and tear of the apparatus, to say nothing about the 
hiss of valuable time, was occasioned by the distance traveled from outlying hications into 
this district. He, therefore, asked that the location of the apparatus be changed, and that 
permanent companies be substituted for call companies, and if permanent companies were not 
organized to have tenement houses erected in close proximity to the several pieces of apparatus, 
for the accommodation of the firemen. This was deemed necessary in order to secure the full 
measure of power and muscle of tlie force in the incipient stages of a fire, when the most 
active and aggressive work has to be performed. This proposition raised the cry of 
unnecessary and unqualified extravagance ■ — the fire department was effective and efficient ; and 
one of the leading journals replied in an editorial to the Chief Engineer as follows: — "What 
matter to the city of Boston whether Hose Company No. 1 or Hose Company No. 100 sliould 
succeed in getting a stream of water on to Mrs. Muldoon's feather bed in advance of the other? 
This rival sjiirit of is/n-if ile i-arjis which seems tti possess the rank and file of our department, 



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120 A HALF CENTURY OF KOSTON's ]iUII>DlX(i. 

is all right and proper ; Init when it seeks to entail upon the city such extravagant expenditure 
of money for the location of fire apparatiis where the land c-ouhl not be purchased at a less cost 
than fifty dollars per foot, to say nothing of the cost of erecting new buildings, it is highly 
absurd, and should meet the condemnation of every tax-paying citizen." 

October 21, 1872, information was received by wire that an epidemic had made its 
appearance among the horses in the city of Toronto, Canada. This news was received at first 
with seeming indifference, but as each succeeding bulletin announced its S].)read and that all 
horses of that vicinity were seriously affected, the alarm became general. 

The epidemic spread with fearful rapidity, and in two days after it attacked the horses of 
Boston, thirty-two of the deiiartment horses were down with the disease. The recpiisite 
order for the care of the horses was issued, and a special meeting of the Committee on Fire 
Department was held under notice issued by the chief. The meeting was presided over by 
Alderman Woolley. The crippled condition of the department was stated to the monbers 
present, and a sub-committee, consisting of Alderman Clark and Couucilmen Flanders and 
Hull, were appointed to jn'ocura horses for the dejiartment's use. At a subsequent meeting 
the sub-committee reported that they had visited all the sales stables in the city, and \yere 
unable, either by purchase or hire, to secure any sound horses for use. 

Section 4 of the Fire Ordinance decreed the power to make rules for tlie government and 
discipline of the department and for the extinguishment of fires, to the Board of Engineers. 
As it was necessary, a meeting was called of both bodies — the Committee on Fire Department 
and the Board of Engineers — to take action on the matter affecting the department. The 
report of the sub-committee was discussed at this conference^ and it was unanimously voted 
to double the force of the department so that no drawback might exist in the event of a call 
for its service. 

The chief, anticipating the action, ha<l ]irocured drag rojjes for each engine, hose, and hook 
and ladder company; and they were distributed that night from his office in City Hall to the 
district engineers, who in turn di^livered them to the several companies. The complement of 
men was secured by the several district engineers and was registered at the chief's office the 
following day- 
Language fails to exyivess the dreaiHul features and effects of this unparalleled afHietion. 
Business in all the commercial centres of this great country was at a stand-still. The depots 
were filled with freight, with no ])ossil)ilitv of its sj^eedy removal. Boston, with other large 
cities, was a scene of distress, and one can remember the measures resorted to, to overcome 
the situation we were placed in. It was no uncommon sight to see men harnessed to horse- 
cars, to express wagons, and even to the city carts used for the collection of garbage; and our 
sad p)light was made the most of by some who seized the (jpportunity to thoroughly advertise 
their business by drawing wagons and bands of music around. 

While feeling anxious al)ont the suffering animals, still greater anxiety existed for the 
welfare of the city should the dej)artment be called on; and it was this feeling of insecurity 
which prompted the chief to invite the officers and foremen of the several companies to be 
present at a dinner given by him at Young's Hotel. It Avas at that place that the department's 
crippled condition was fully talked over, and those jjresent were urged to assume certain 
responsil)ilities should the occasion recpuri' it. The order was, in the event of a third alarm 



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122 A UALV CEXTURY OF BOSTOX's BUILDIXG. 

to seize and take possession of any liorse they could lay hands on and make use of him ; the 
chief stated that ho would shield them from all responsibility, and if the City Council refused 
to pay bills caused by such action on tlieir part, he would liquidate them from his own finances. 
It was necessar}- to issue such an order, as there were Ijut six department horses fit to be taken 
from their stalls : and it was acted on tliat niglit. 

November 9, 1872, was one of those beautiful autumn days often expierienced in Xew 
England. The atmosphere was calm, clear, and exhilarating; not a cloud obscured the sun, 
and the gentle breezes that were wafted over the city from the hills and valleys surrounding 
the Charles did not exceed a velocity of seven miles an hour, varying occasionally two to three 
points of the compass from northwest to north. As the sun went down behind those hills 
and settled below the valleys a more brilliant sunset was never witnessed. The sick horses 
were convalescing and bade fair to ultimately recover, and the clouds of distress and fear whicii 
had hung over the city for a week like a black pall, were gradually lifting, and their silver 
linings were apparent. Many of the citizens, and especially tliose of the wholesale business 
centre of the city, had closed their jilaees, the streets were comparatively deserted and 
surrendered to the care of the guardians of the jjeace. There was no forewarning of 
impending danger from the common enemy, fire, and the owners and occupants of these 
supposed mercantile fortresses of brick, stone, and iron, retired at the end of their day's 
labors to enjoy the comfort and quiet of their respective homes. They, as well as the general 
public, had long enjoyed freedom from its depredations, which was due to the vigilance and 
i-sprif de corps that characterized t\ie pcisuniiel of the fire department. But, alas! at the close 
of this beautiful day, unlocked for and unexpected the enemy ai)peared. and the strong citadels 
of stone, iron, and brick fell readily at the first attack. 

At twenty-four minutes past seven o'clock. Assistant Engineer John Keagan announced to 
the department that a fire was in progress in the vicinity of Box 52, one of the weakest points 
in the city, and the key-note was sounded, followed by four alarms in rapid succession. The 
fighting force of the city proper consisted of six steam fire-engines, rated as second class, six 
hose companies, acting as tenders, and two hook and ladder companies, Warren 1 and Franklin 
3, a chief engineer and seven assistant engineers — a total force of one hundred and eighty-five 
men. 

Upon receiving the signal, companies not previously notified by the brilliant pyrotechnic, 
display which illuminated the whole city, hastened to the scene. By reason of a fearful 
oversight or misapprehension of facts, and the illusion being strengthened by Engine 7 and 
Hose 2 at work, the fire, as described, had been seen one mile distant, fifteen minutes before 
the alarm was heard. At whose door that misfortune is chargeable one has never yet been 
able to discover. By location and seniority the command devolved on Assistant Engineer 
William A. Green until the arrival of the chief. On reaching the scene the chief made a care- 
ful survey of the location and extent of the fire, direction of wind, and position of the ajjparatus 
for effectiveness. He inquired of Caj)tain Green if he could hold the point where he was then 
located ; he answered he could if he could be furnished with sufficient water to maintain it. 

The survey revealed a conflagration of a magnitude beyond the power of the force at 
command to check. Six separate Iniildings were on fire and one was a literal blast furnace. 
Engine No 4, stationed directly opjiosite the building in whieh the fire originated, was in a 



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NUTTER SSEABURY, 

Stearn and . . . 
Hat Water Heating 

IN ALL ITS BRANCHES. 



Estimates g:iven for Heating Public Buildings, 
Private Residences and Factories. 



51 OLIVER ST., BOSTON, MASS. 



Telephone No. 1801. 



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COAL ELEVATORS AND TOWERS, POCKETS AND SHEDS, 
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124 A HALF CENTUKY OF BOSTOn's BUILI>I>fi;. 

dangerous position from the scorching heat and explosive granite, and it was unbearable by the 
engineer in charge. In answer to his question, "What shall I do?" he was ordered to liold his 
position till the gauge cocks burned off his engine. A stream from the small hose was turned 
on to the men and engine to protect them, but the granite coping directly overhead exploded 
and fell, cutting the suction in two. This compelled the company to remove to another position. 

The apparatus was well located by Actiug Chief Green, it being posted at the hydrants 
nearest the fire, and no better disposition could be made. 

Dr. Jenks, a member of the Board of Aldermen, accosting the eliief, said, "Captain, you 
have got a fearful fire." He was answered, " Yes, and the city is doomed ; this fire will go to 
the water, for 1 have not sufficient force at my command to stay its progress." He said, "Do 
you mean what you say ? " The reply was, " I do, and know whereof I speak." He was then 
and there requested to go to the Union Telegraph Office and request help from every city and 
town accessible, within fifty miles from this city. He asked again, " Is this a request, or shall 
I execute this as an order from you as chief?" Captain Damrell replied, "An order, and 
without delay." 

Couriers were sent at this time to intercept the Roxbury, Dorchester, South and East 
Boston wings of the department, and to hasten if possible their presence. On their arrival 
they were assigned positions where the most effective work could be accomplished. A request 
was made to the Chief Engineers of the Charlestown and the Cambridge departments, for 
assistance, and messengers with orders were sent to bring them, and they responded in very 
quick time. The entire department and auxiliaries were now hard at work. 

Learning from Alderman Jenks that communication by telegraph was cut off on the 
Boston & Albany line, Assistant Engineer Allen was sent to request that road to make up 
a train, send it to Worcester, alarm the cities and towns on the way, and ask for help. The 
order was executed in a prompt and satisfactory manner, and the other departments reported 
for duty at an early hour of the night. 

The key of the fire could now be readily seen and it was determined to hold it at all 
hazards ; and the departments of Cambridge and Charlestown, including the Navy Yard force, 
were brought into battery at this point and placed under command of Inspector of Buildings 
Chamberlin, who had volunteered his services to act in any position; he was ably assisted by 
Chief Delano, Assistant Engineer Casey of Cambridge, and the Chief Engineer of the Navy 
Yard. A strong and desperate fight was made here, and when success seemed to crown their 
efforts, the water gave out and they were obliged to withdraw. An effort was made to 
hold the position by shutting off all drafts on the supply from other sections, but without 
success, and they were forced to remove and post the apparatus at other points. 

At this time (8.30 o'clock) the scene and power of the elements defy description. Granite 
fronts were exploding, and walls, falling, broke not only the water-mains and branches, thus 
allowing the water to flow with freedom, but the gas-mains had also succumbed to the shock, 
and the gas was flowing into cellars and sewers and through drains into the buildings. It was 
a fight for life. Citizens were growing wild and frantic, making unreasonable demands, 
offering fabulous sums to desert one position and defend another. Others thoughtlessly 
opened their stores and invited those who felt inclined to help themselves to the contents. 
The latter act had a fearful and demoralizing effect upon many, and was satisfying to that 
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126 A HALF ( EXTUKY OK }iOST(lx's JU'II.lll XC. 

The Board of Engineers, Avitliout exception, fought the fire iijion a principle thoroughly 
nnderstoocl and marked out, and each and every one was familiar with the district, its water 
supply, the construction of the buildings, and the methods of attack, and plans to be executed 
in the event of a fire. By this knowledge even the orders of the chief were anticipated. It 
was charged by the philosophers, the following day and week, that the tire had been fought 
piecemeal, and without concerted ]ilan. Such a statement was and is a libel cm that board of 
gentlemen. 

A council was held at this hour (U.15) and the following orders issued : Assistant Engineer 
Reagan was to seize all hose to be found in any of the manufacturing establishments in the 
city and convey it to the City Hall, tliere to establish a hose rendezvous. He was to appoint 
a corps of assistants to collect all lairsted hose, remove the couplings from the same, lit 
up the new hose taken, and keep the department supplied. Captain Scott of Engine 6 was 
ordered to go to East Boston, take possession of the tug-lioat Osborn, bring her to the foot of 
Summer Street, and, with the assistance of Hook and Ladder 5 men, who were detailed to 
handle her streams under his orders, protect that section. 

A re-survey was made of the entire field, the location of the ajiparatus noted, and under 
whose command. This survey established the fact that currents and counter-currents of air 
were driving the flames in every direction, on to JIansard roofs, and into every aperture, 
from whence they would break forth with redoubled energy and fury, and the firemen, 
overcome for the moment liy blinding heat, would stagger, light their way back to the engine, 
and, rallying again, make another charge, but with like results. The several currents swept 
through the streets with the power of a tornado, and new heat centres were being constantly 
produced. The terrific force of the flames was made nmnifest each succeeding moment, and 
hnuum power up to this time was impotent to resist their advances. The roar of this Niagara 
of destruction was appalling, its gigantic volumes of flame held full possession of both sides of 
the streets, tearing and racing as though each side was striving to outdo the other in its 
destructive efftn-ts. Gas and air explosions in quick succession, falling walls, and intense heat, 
made it a terrible experience to that loyal and devoted organization, the fire department. 

Under such conditions it was impossible to locate a piece of apparatus. For a nnnuent 
it might be a favorable position, and the next moment it would be utterly impossible 
to maintain it. It was equally impossible to consolidate or mass any amount of apparatus, 
for the water supply would not admit of such a movement; as a eonsecpieiice the forces were 
divided up into small detachments. 

If there had been, from tlie commeni'ement of the fire n]i tn tln' houi- above referred to (10 
o'clock,!'. Ai.), a strong, direct wind, blowing !'(> en- .'!0 miles an hour, it woidd. in jiart, have 
counteracted and overcome the currents created, and the forces could have been formed into 
batteries on the plan of the letter A, and more effective work accomplished. 

The engines from suburban cities were now fast reaidiing the grounds, and were assigned 
to the reservoirs, as their coujdings could not be ninnected witli ISnston hydrants, and Boston 
steamers were transferred to the hydrants. 

The head(piarters of the chief were established on Feileral Street and the engineers were 
informed of the fact, as well as His Honor the ilayor through City 3Iessenger Peters. A 
sergeant of police was sent to Captain (i)uinn. Deputy Chief of Police, with a message to have 



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128 A HALF CENTURY OF BOSTON's P.UILDING. 

liim report to headquarters ini mediately- Upon Captain (^uinn's arrival he was ordered to 
organize a torce of men to be sworn in as special officers, for the occasion, to take possession of 
all carpets to be found in the carpet stores, and with them cover buildings exposed to the heat 
on streets designated, and he was assigned a hook and ladder force and a water battery to keep 
the same wet. The ladder men uji to this time were employed in protecting buildings from 
falling brands and cinders. Captain Quiiin left with the understanding that the orders would 
be execiited ; but, for reasons never satisfactorilj' explained, lie failed to carry out instructions, 
and, when hunted up, by order, was found at his home on Porter Street. 

The explosions that were now constantly taking place by the mixture of illuminating gas 
with air and the expansion of air were very numeroiis, and some were so fearful in tlieir 
destructive effects, that they were su]}posed by many to be occasioned by gunpowder ; but such 
was not the fact, and it can only be attributed to the causes stated. 

A second careful reconnoissance was now made, and the final results of the fire, its extent 
;i,nd boundary, established. Judgment was predicated upon what seemed to be the result 
of the induced currents ; the air was intensely rarefied and its direction upward and powerful ; 
this formed a vacuum in the entire area alluded to. The inrushing currents filling the vacuum 
had a velocity of 20 to 30 miles per hour and drew all heat from outward boundaries to the 
centre or base of the fire ; and the conclusion was reached that Washington, Milk, Devonshire, 
State, and Broad streets would be the best points to operate from, as the heat would not drive 
the force away. In a reply to a question of Mr. Clapp of the Boston Journal, and in the 
presence of Alderman Cutter and His Honor the Mayor, the boundary stated was given by the 
chief ; and his judgment was confirmed, as the fire did not jmss those points, but was 
confined to a still smaller area. 

From the roof of a granite building on Milk Street below Federal the chief was enabled to 
view the acres of fire and to note the j)oints where effective work could be performed by the 
department, if massed at them. But he was obliged to make a hasty retreat. On reaching 
headquarters Captains Green and Smith were summoned to meet him there for the purpose 
of taking action upon the matter of using gunpowder. 

Its use as an auxiliary in the extinguishment of fire was certainly a debatable (question. 
It had proved a decided failure in Chicago, in October, 1871. Information was sought for from 
all sections of the country, previous to November 9, where it was used, and the reports, 
without an exception, proved it was disastrous in the extreme. The Board of Engineers, from 
their knowledge of the district, were unanimous in the oj)inion that gunpowder would not 
prove an effective auxiliary, on account of the narrow streets and high buildings filled to 
repletion with mercliandise. 

In order to droji a building there must be a cavity, and it should be sliored to accomjdish 
the purpose, otherwise the external walls would be simply blown out, leaving tbe floors and 
stored mercliandise fully exposed and in a fit condition for a good bonfire. The gas-mains 
should 111' supplied with shut-off valves, so as to exclude all jiressure of gas from the pipes in 
the street and buildings; otherwise, it would have a chance to permeate every part of the 
debris, and falling cinders would easily ignite the mass. 

The chief was well aware of the fact that no one in this city h;ul any practical experience at 
sucli kind of work, and felt himself as competent to jierform tlie work as anyone whose 
exjierience was parallel with his own. 



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130 A HALF OEXTUEY OF BOSTOX's BtJILDINd. 

A demand was made for its use to check the five, but personal judgment deprecated it. In 
the presence of Engineers Smith, Green and Jacobs, and in the presence of His Honor the 
Mayor, Alderman WooUej-, chairman of the Committee on Fire Department, Alderman Jenks, 
and Councilmen Burke and Flanders, the manner and way it could be iised, as well as the danger, 
liability, and responsibility was stated. The cliief asked His Honor the Mayor if gunpowder 
was used would the government sustain the action of the Board. He said, "Before answering 
that question I want to ask you as chief what you have done, what you are doing, and what you 
jjropose to do in addition to using gunpowder." In as brief a manner as possible Chief Damrell 
gave the working points from the commencement up to the time of speaking, and tlie plans 
matured for its final suppression. The Mayor's answer was, "I am fully satisfied with your 
work, and in the use of gunpowder, whatever you may do, the government of the city will 
sustain you; but I charge you to protect our citizens from its dangers." 

Captain Clianilierlin was requested to see what buildings were in a fit condition to operate 
on, and he reported that no place could be found by him where he could, consistently, recommend 
the use of powder. Captains Green and Smith were detailed to procure powder. A tug-boat 
was pressed into service to procure the stock in the powder boats, and it was landed at the 
wharf. Captain Jacobs informed the chief of a Vmilding which could be leveled and it would 
])revent the fire reaching the oil stores in that vicinity. He procured eighteen casks of powder 
and brought it under cover of canvas to the building spoken of. The building was shored, as 
best it could be in the few moments, the work of mining proceeded with, and a battery of 
water brought into requisition. The window frames in the rear wall were ou fire at 
the tiHie. The mine being ready, the bungs were knocked out of the kegs by the heel 
of the engineer's boot, a newspaper torn into strips constituted the fuses employed. All being 
in readiness, the engineer was ordered from the Imilding by tlie chief, who, after lighting the 
fuses, succeeded in jumjiing througli a window. Tliis was the first explosion by gunpowder in 
the fire of 187L'. Tlie liuilding, being nearly empty of merchandise, was a complete wreck, and 
the fire was soon extinguished. 

At this time a sergeant of police notified the chief that His Honor wished to see him at 
City Hall. He replied that if His Honor wanted to see him he would find him at his temporary 
headquarters in Post (.>ffice Square. A few minutes later the city messenger, Mr. Alvali Peters, 
said His Honor and a large number of citizens desired to see him. He then consented to 
comply Avith tlie request and went to City Hall. The front doors on School Street were closed 
and locked, and they were ordered to be opened to receive a certain line of goods which was to 
be sent there for safety. The interview was about twenty minutes in duration. The demand 
made was to grant authority to certain citizens to enter the fire lines and assist in the removal 
of goods, blowing up laiildings, or any other work which would aiil or assist in checking the 
fire. Twenty or thirty passes admitting persons within the lines, to organize for the saving of 
property or blowing up buildings under the direction of the engineers, were written. 

"The issuance of such orders was regretted in an liour from the time they were granted; 
and I have never forgiven myself for tlie mistake made in granting authority of the kind, or 
even piermission to assist in the work designated, for they called to their aid. unfortunately, 
some of the most unreasonable cranks that it was ever my misfortune to meet. 

"Of their earnest wish to do all they could to aid and assist, I have no doubt whatever, as 



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132 A HALF CEN'TURY OF BOSTOX's BUFLDINfi. 

their courage and earnest efforts clearly indicated ; but during the time till daylight the 
recklessness disphij'ed by those handling gunpowder is indescribable. The dejiartment was 
fast becoming demoralized by its presence and the uncertainties surrounding them. Luckily, 
however, it was confined to a very small .section of the field of operations. I saw that it was 
necessary to withdraw all authoritj- granted, aiul did so; and, by a determined fight on my part, 
ably seconded by Alderman Woolley, who rendered efficient assistance, the department was no 
longer impeded, and l)y six o'clock in the morning all jwwder had been removed, the feeling of 
insecxiritv vanished, and confidence was restored." (Speecli of Cltief Danu-ell to the Teteran 
Fire III en.) 

The divisions on the southern boundaries under .lacobs, Monroe, Allen, CoUigau, and Shaw 
were now doing some grand and aggressive work, and their eft'orts were fast telling upon the 
fire in tliat direction. Communication witli all (quarters was kept open and uninterrupted, and 
the chief was able to concentrate and gradually mass his entire force upon the lines extending 
from Washington to Milk. IMilk to Devonshire, Devonshire to State, State to Broad, and Broad 
to Summer streets. The tide-supply on the State Street and Broad Street lines was complete, 
and the department was no longer driven back, but fast driving and holding every jjoint gained 
in attack. 

The fearful strain which the force was subjected to was apparent, and the reinforcements 
during the morning hours were well timed and opportune, and a great relief to the exhausted 
men. The farther spread of the fire was out of the question, and the work of the force was 
now directed to the inside of buildings which were partially consumed. At 12 o'clock, 
Sunday, it was officially announced to His Honor the Mayor that the fire was so far under 
control that any further spread need not be apprehended, and, the ]5oston force being fully 
sufficient for the occasion, it was proposed to dispense with the assistance tliat had come to their 
relief. 

Tlie work continued, success following success, until 4 o'clock, Sunday afternoon, when 
the first relief was put on duty. A commissar}' was established, and this Avas looked after by 
Alderman Woolley. Councilmen Burke, Jones, and Flanders. The relieving squads of several 
military organizations were being posted for the purjiose of keeping back the curious -minded 
from dangerous localities. And as the shades of night gathered, it brought the lurid glare of 
the flames with additional vividness, and the scene presented, with tall chimneys and broken 
fragments of walls in the foreground, was one never to be forgotten. Night wore on, and the 
fire engines, at their several jjositions, were belching forth flame and smoke. The streets were 
lieing emptied to some extent of the seemingly riveted throng, and when all things indicated a 
continuance of the tranquillity which had taken possession of both military and fire forces, the 
city was again startled by the terrific explosion which had taken place on Summer Street near 
Washington Street. An alarm was pulled in, followed by three alarms iu rapid succession. 

It was found that tlie gas connected with a block of stores, which had successfully resisted 
all advances of the fire-fiend up to this time, had ignited and caused tlie trouble. The front 
external wall was Idown into the street by the force of it, the merchandise witliin was 
immediately ignited, and a terrific fire was again in full blast. The surroundings were of such 
a character that the most serious apprehensions of the result were fully realized. Adjoining 
this building were the two largest retail dry-goods stores in the city. People again swarmed 



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134 A HALF CENTURY OF BOSTOx's BUILDIXG. 

the streets, and many of the business citizens in West and Winter streets and Temple Phice 
were panic stricken, and increased the excitement by blocking up those thoroughfares in their 
mad endeavor to hastily remove their stocks of goods. But the military soon restored 
quietness by putting a stop to the proceedings. The department fought this second outbreak 
with more than ordinary courage. One life (a lady residing on the premises) was lost, and a 
number of firemen were injured. By 4 o'clock Monday morning the fire was so well under 
control it did not occasion any further apprehension, and the department was again relieved, 
excepting those detailed for service. 

Work, by reliefs, was continued until the following Saturday noon. During the entire 
week the effectiveness of the machinery of the fire engines was unimpaired. This was due to 
the precaution taken to keep on hand the several parts of the several pieces of the machinery, 
and the apparatras was kept in constant repair and working order by an expert corps of 
workmen from the Amoskeag Works, Manchester, !N". H. 

The chief endeavored to lend whatever assistance and encouragement his presence would 
give to those actively engaged, and by words of cheer and encouragement stimulate them. No 
one doubts the power and effectiveness j^roduced by the presence of a chief in command, and 
an intelligent one will never fail to wield the great good that arises therefrom. Cases are 
innumerable which can be cited. The late war furnishes an incident of that fact, and it was 
thoroughly exemplified by the ride of Phil. Sheridan to Winchester. 

Events of like nature transpired during this ordeal which the force passed through, and it 
proved of good service to be visited by the chief occasionally. While Captain Damrell was 
engaged with Captain Jacobs in considering a change of base on the southern boundary, they 
were approached by Captain Chamberliu, who reported that he was rendering what service he 
could to the western division under Engineer Shaw and the chief of Charlestown. He 
thought it would be well for the chief to go around and encourage them bj- his presence ; he 
went there, ordered the lines to advance, which was done with a hearty cheer, and the ground 
thus gained was maintained. 

A summary of tlie day's work of destruction shows that the fire burned over sixty acres 
of land, the value of which was, in round numbers, $24,365,000. The assessed value of the 
buildings consumed Avas f 12,745,0(»0. Stored in the buildings was personal property, 
destroyed or lost, representing an assessed valuation of $38,454,000; to which add $10,000,000, 
the estimated value of consigned goods not included in the assessed valuation, and we have a 
grand total of over $60,000,000. The buildings destroyed numbered six hundred, of which 
five hundred and fifty were separate estates, and occupied by over a thousand business firms. 
In addition to this, eleven valuable lives were lost in the endeavor to save property; and 
twenty were injured, some slightly, others seriouslj'. 

Notwithstanding the losses, Boston's citizens were generous in their donations; for the 
limits of the fire had hardly been established when tlie munificent sum of eiglity thousand 
dollars was placed in the liands of a board of trustees for the benefit of those families which 
had been deprived of husband, father, or brother, and for firemen who were injured while on 
duty. 

One word on the fate of those noble firemen who perished in their efforts for the 
preservation of tlie city. One recalls them in memory with sorrowful emotion, and with 




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136 A HALF CENTURY OF BOSTOn's BUILDING. 

feelings deeper tlian ordinarily awakened by examples of individual sacrifice. In their 
relations to tlie public as firemen they displayed a loyalty that could not be questioned, and, 
as was shown, they were ever ready to sacrifice their lives in the faithful discharge of duty. 
Gratitude for their heroic devotion impresses all hearts. Bostonians realize that in this life 
they belonged to other communities as well as tlieir own, but death's sacrifice made them 
Boston's forever. 

The commissioners appointed to investigate the cause and management of the fire held 
forty-two consecutive sessions, and extended an invitation to all classes of citizens to attend 
and recite wliat they knew and what they did not know, but imagined, about the same. The 
testimony taken was compiled and puldished in a volume of 656 pages, and is certainly as 
intelligent and comjirehensive, relative to the objects sought for, as the science of astronomy 
is to the uneducated. 

In the report they find that the fire began near the elevator in the building where it was 
first discovered, whether by accident or design they knew not. That a disastrous delay 
occurred of fifteen minutes after the fire broke out, before an alarm was sounded, but they 
cannot tell who was responsible for the delay. Tliat faulty construction of the building and 
especially the elevator well was tlie primary cause of the rapid spread of the fire. That our 
streets were narrow and our buildings high. That our English neiglibors knew more about 
Boston's liability to a fire than her citizens or home insurance companies did. Tliat the fire 
department of Boston was composed of intelligent men, and possessed the knowledge of its 
being a dangerous locality, and in the judgment of the commission they sliould have taken all 
necessary precaution by bringing all available force to every fire. This was not done, and 
because the horses were sick the work of the dejiartment was impeded. That there was not a 
sufficient water supply, and the chief's request for tlie same was not complied with. Tliat 
tlie engines were supplied with fuel, for no one steamer failed to make or maintain its steam, 
altliougli not furnished with coal. That the couplings used by the departments of other cities 
were of a different style and tlireail from those in use in the Boston department, and 
consequently were, in a measure, a drawback to their efliciency. That the Chief Engineer was 
full of courage and slirank from no danger — master of himself, his temper, and Ids faculties; 
liut while admitting this they felt that the heroism of the assistant engineers was wasted, 
because they were not directed by a master who was able to grasp the situation. That the 
firemen were brave to a fault, and language cannot describe their courage and devotion. The 
story of the engineers of the department was of hardships endured and dangers braved, and 
more than one of their number proved faithful unto death. That the Chief Engineer did 
order the withdrawal of one stream from a tenement house and direct it on to a buiUling on 
( >liver Street, by so doing, and under liis personal supervision, saving the block and stopping 
the progress on that line. They were of the opinion that the Chief Engineer in case of a 
conflagration should establisli his headquarters in a place known to his subordinates, where 
he could command a view of the conflagration and receive tlieir reports. Tliis would jtrevent 
confusion, and be more effectual than for the chief to be engaged in the combat. He would 
then have an opportunity of consulting the superintendents of the several railroads, and do 
otlier executive work. This they were sorry to saj' was not done as fully as it shouhl have 
been. That the gas company had considered the necessity of shutting off street l)y street in 



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137 



MCDONNELL & SONS, 

Quarries, Polishing Mill and Works. 




Producers of the 



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IN OUINCY. 

IT TAKES A SUPERB POLISH, IS VERY DARK AND SHOWS 
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138 A HALF CENTURY OF BOSTOX's BUILDIXG. 

case of a conflagration, and placed water valves for that purpose, but from circumstances, 
coupled with neglect, they were inoperative and consequently a failure. 

Now, in reviewing the work of this honorable commission in a brief way and in no unkind 
spirit, one fully concurs in some findings, for warnings had been given and they were a 
matter of record. All second heartily every word of praise bestowed on the department for 
its bravery, courage, and devotion, and the worth of the Board of Engineers, and able manner 
in which they performed all duties devolving on them as division commanders. The statement 
relating to the varied sizes of couplings was only too true. 

But the idea advanced that the chief should establish a permanent headquarters and 
surround himself with a staff, and by aids communicate orders to his subordinates, receive 
reports and issue orders on any such principle is not ptractical, but inconsistent, and such 
views could only emanate from the sheerest ignorance of the duties to be performed, and the 
necessity of the case. 

Had the demands made by the chief and his Board of Engineers been complied with, 
and they furnished with the necessaries to overcome such a calamity, who can tell the result '.' 
If there had been sufficient water when, in the early stages of the fire. Captain Green replied 
he could hold his position if lie could get water, who can say the result would have been what 
it was ■' It was the lack of water which lost more than one favorable position, and the key 
of the fire in particular. 

Land was afterwards purchased and houses built on it for the accommodation of permanent 
men. The city has since been jjrovided with large pipes, hydrants have been adopted that 
were suggested, and buildings constructed as they should be. If the ideas advanced before, 
and adopted since, had been in existence November 9, who can say it would be recorded as a 
memorable date in Boston's history. 

The Chief Engineer was not all-powerful at a fire, a complete autocrat, as declared. 
"When not in command at a fire his powers ranked no higlier than those of the humblest 
citizen. He could recommend, he could suggest, but it was the power behind the throne 
which wielded the sceptre. There is not a single instance recorded wliere the Chief Engineer 
failed to assume the full responsibilities of the powers decreed. 

Manj' of the complaints made by citizens were not actuated by any unkind spirit, 
but from a sense of duty. From their view it seemed as if there was a terrible waste of 
energy, power, and water, which might have been better utilized and made more effective; 
but their views were founded on a lack of knowledge of the true conditions. 

First, the water supply was inadequate. 

Second, contrary to recommendations, and in direct opposition to the wants of the city, 
separate hose companies were maintained. Every effort made by the Board of Engineers to 
consolidate them with engine companies was opposed by citizens, who petitioned the City 
Council to have them remain as they were. At a small fire in the neighborhood of these 
companies they were a protection, but when steamers were present and attached to hydrants 
they were well-nigh useless, as the superior draughting force of the steamers would take 
nearly all the water in the |iipes, and force enough did not exist to furnish an effective stream 
to the liose companies; consequently their streams were oftentimes shattered into spray 
within twenty feet of the pipe. The same was also true when coupled to an engine, and there 



ADVERTISEMENTS. 139 

P ARKER HOUS E, 

School and Tremont Streets, 

»S4 J/* if* 

BOSTON 

European plan. 

J. R. WHIPPLE & CO., Proprietors. 

Young's Hotel, 



ON THE EUROPEAN PLAN. 



Opposite Head of State St., BOSTON, 



Centrally and desirably located for business men. 
Noted for the peculiar excellence of its CUISINE. 

J. R. WHIPPLE & CO., - - Proprietors. 



140 A HALF CENTURY OF ISOSTOn's BUILDING. 

was not enough water for the steamer's streams. These hose companies were ambitious to 
do what they could, but the streets on that night from the existing conditions became perfect 
blow pipes, and the lines of these companies could not be carried up into buildings, so that 
their attention was directed to the outside of the same, with results as stated ; thus a great 
deal of water was apparently wasted and force expended. 

Other complaints were made and a great amount of fault-liuding existed. The commission 
labored hard to ascertain whether the chief was cool or crazy, as nearly every witness was 
questioned on that point. He accepted the responsibilities and asked no one to share the 
burden or odium cast on the management and results of that memorable fire ; and when he 
could come out of a fire of that kind and character with the full endorsement, without an 
exception, of the entire force assembled, which represented not only Boston's but nearly fifty 
other departments, who declared by resolutions, in language not to be misunderstood, that the 
Chief Engineer proved himself equal to the emergency, and therefore commanded their highest 
admiration and respect; and when he had the personal endorsement of His Honor, Mayor 
Gaston, who was in a position to know whereof he spoke, and the endorsement of the Committee 
on Fire Department, and a complete vindication by an almost unanimous vote of the City 
Council, which re-elected him chief of the department, it would seem nothing more need be 
said. 



ADVERTISEMENTS. 



C A. DODGE. 



141 

C. L. WILLIAMS. 



C. A. DODGE & CO., 

Successors to VINAL & DODGE. 

Masons -i- and * Builders, 



DEALERS IN 



BRICK, LIME, CEMENT, SAND AND HAIR. 



MASTER BUILDERS' ASSOCIATION, 
No. 166 Devonshire Street, 

Wharf: 244 A STREET. B05T0M. 

TELEPHONE, 3816 BOSTON. 



Chas. J. riansfield, 

PLGABER, 

Public Buildings and Private Dwellings Fitted 
up in the most approved manner. 



DRAINAGE. 



VENTILATION. 



1114 Washington St., 



Near Dover St. 



BOSTON, MKSS. 



TELEPHONE CONNECTION. 



Marble and Enainel Mosaic Co. 

[Incorporated according to Laws of State of N. V., Mar. 6, 1893.] 
MANUFACTURERS OF 

^ Roman and Venetian 
riarble Hosaics . . . 

QRANITTO AND TERAZZO PAVEHENTS, 

65 BEVERLY ST.. 

Boston, Mass. 



NEW YORK OFFICE, 
235 W. 29th ST. 



PHILA. BRANCH OFFICES, 
1908 10-1 2 N. 5th ST. 



ROBERT W. IRWIN, Manager. 

GIUSEPPE IJE PAOLI, Supt. 



THE PROLIFIC SOURCES OF OUR GREAT CITY FIRES. 

(The fdUoicing article, wlticli is tni iible jiresentatio/i of a subject which is of the greatest import- 
ance and concern to propertij oirners at the present time, n-as a-ritfen by Mr. John S. 
Damrel!, who ivas for screral years at the head of the Boston Fire Department and later 
chief of the Boston Depjartment for the Inspection of Buildinrjs, in both of ichich jiositions 
he has had an opportuniti/ of studying the subject most earefnUy. The article is taken 
from the SPECTATOR, of April 15, 1S93.) 




ROM the (lawn of civilization history is filled with accounts of tlie devastation 
wliich has been wrought in the towns and cities of nearly every countrj' in the 
world by fire. Few cities have escaped its ravages on a large scale, always 
involving fearful destruction of jirojjerty, and often of valuable lives. How to 
keep within bounds this most useful servant of man ; and how to jirevent, hold in check, 
and subdue it when it takes on the form of a destructive conflagration, liave occupied the 
most earnest attention of thoughtful and learned men in all ages. 

Tlie ideas of fire prevention by means of fire-resisting construction, and of fire extin- 
guishment when conflagration occurred, are, therefore, by no means new ones ; but have been 
realized and acted upon for ages, the best mechanical and engineering talent being invoked for 
both purposes, and with such goc^d results in some cities of the old world tliat we rai'ely or 
never read of extensive conflagrations in them. With these facts in mind, is it not natural 
to ask if it be not ])ossible at this time, in our own country, to protect the large cities, or the 
districts in them which are closely built and filled with combustilile materials, from the 
wholesale devastations by fire wliich Ave have witnessed in them within the jiast twenty-five 
years ? To say that it is not, Avoiild, in my opinion, be a libel upon the genius and intelligence 
of our age. 

Tn considering this problem we sliould carefully weigh the causes which liave led up to the 
disasters in our national experience. It is a fact in jihysics that no substance in nature is 
absolutely incombustible, though many are relatively so, and that nothing will burn until 
heated to a tenijierature at whicli it will combine witli oxygen ; and, further, that all solids can 
be so heated. It. then, niaiidy resolves itself into a question of protection of building materials 
by fire-resisting substances in order to prevent them from reaching the point of combustion. 
AVhat is now recognized as fire-proof construction wordd be but little injured by fire or water 
so jjrotected, while without such protection it would, wlien subject to great heat, inevitably 
become a heap of smouldering ruins. Experience has dictated that all building material.s should 
receive fair and just consideration witli reference to their position in the structure and their 
exposure to heat and the contact of water. Wisiloiu, economj", and jiublic safety demand tliat 



ADVERTISEMENTS. 



143 



W. J. FITZPATRICK, 



D 



I'RACTICAL 



Plumber, 



No. 32 PEMBERTON SQ. 



Tel. I 104 Haymarket. BOSTON, 



Orders Promptly Attended To. 



HOTEL. OXFORD, 

European Plan. 
HUNTINGTON AVENUE. 



EXETER CHAMBERS, 



American Plan 



EXETER STREET. 



SARGENT & CUNNINGHAM, Props. 



U^"The Haynes, 



»» SPRINQFIELD, 

» MAgg 



I. F. TARBOX, * 

. . BUILDER . . 



68 Cedar Street, 

Maiden, Mass. 



-AND- 



17 Otis Street, 
Boston, Mass. 



Box 23. 



144 A HALF CENTUKY OF BOSTON's BITILPING. 

this knowledge be utilized, and made tlie basis of building construction in the future. 
Have these terrible lessons not sunk dee]) enough to awaken attention to the perils of ill- 
constructed cities; or shall we still risk the melting away in smoke of millions upon millions 
more of accumulated wealth, liefore we come to a realizing sense of dangers of that false 
economy so rutlilessly jjursued in the building construction of our American cities '/ 

The rapid and alarming growth and fre(piency of these great fires in our cities necessitate 
the most stringent regulations as to the safety of life and property in them. Cities that have, 
up to the present, enjoyed immunity from great conflagrations can only regard it at the present 
time as a providential dispensation, and not because avarice and ignorance have not held sway 
and dictated the dangerous construction which prevails in them. If these terrible devastations 
will awaken our large communities to the perils in which personal ambition, in its mad rush 
and greed for wealth, has placed them, and these ^jractices are now made to halt, then the 
terrible losses to which the country has been subjected may, in the end, prove to be of 
substantial value. 

The protection of the materials used in building construction is essential to prevent the 
reaching of the danger point for combustion in case of tire. Properly applied, fire-proof 
construction Avould be little injured by the action of fire or water. Observation and experience 
have alike demonstrated that, witliout this protection, the so-called fire-proof structures are 
usually totally destroyed. All materials, then, which enter into the construction of city 
buildings, should receive a fair and just consideration as to position, with regard to their 
liability to contact with heat or water in case of fire. 

Let me say, just here, that in order to place the i-esponsibility for the calamities by fire 
constantly overtaking our principal cities where it belongs, the public should not lose sight 
of the cause that jiroduces the danger and which confronts and surrounds them in tlie 
combustible character of tlieir buildings, as well as the combustible contents stored in the 
so-called fire-proof buildings ; as well, also, as those that claim no such distinction, and which 
line the principal thoroughfares of our cities. Buildings which, with their contents, would 
seem to be systematically arranged for the rapid spread of eonfiagrations — though, of course, 
such is not the intention — abound everywhere. Now, if the owners, both of buildings and 
mercliandise, were forced to bear a large proportion of the losses occasioned by fire occurring 
on their premises, it would be a just punishment for the false economy jiracticed by them in 
the erection and maintenance of such inflammable structures. But, unfortunately, a fire loss 
may in some cases prove to be gain to unscrupulous men; l)ut as such losses are borne by the 
community — who are seemingly willing victims of unscrupulous methods — it only remains 
for the community to protect themselves against such wicked ])ractices, or against the results 
of carelessness and l)ad methods (.)f protection against fire. Will not thinking men, through 
the medium of the press (which to-day largely moulds public sentiment), demand a radical 
change and reform along these lines; or will they pass it by with a momentary spasm of horror, 
and allow, witliout restrictive rebuke, the prevailing desire for cheap and showy construction, 
to the sacrifice of strength, security and durability, and withal a standing menace to the 
public safety? 

Statistics, carefully and accurately compiled, fully Avarraut the statement that the best 
investment which could be made bv our hirii'i' American cities would be to construct their 



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145 



F.BOUSQUET&CO. 


JOSHUA SEARS, 


Masons and Builders, 


Interior Decorator 


Tile Settiij?, pire places aqd 


and Mural Painter. 


(grates, also propt U/orH. 






Designs and Estimates Furnished for 


ALL ORDERS PROMPTLY ATTENDED TO. 


DWELLINGS, CHURCHES, THEATRES, SC. 






17 OTIS STREET, BOSTON. 


No. irS TREMONT ST., 


Residence, 23 Windom St., Allston. 


Telephone 2290. — Rn^N-pON 



Clark's Hotel 



fa 



EUROPEAN PLAN. 



Washington and Avery Streets, 



BOSTON, MASS, 



M. C. CLARK, Proprietor. 



14G A HALF CENTURY OF BOSTOn's BUII-DINCJ. 

business districts after fires bj- rebuilding them upon approved tire-proof principles, limiting 
the floor space of all construction to five thousand feet in area, and height of building not to 
exceed eighty feet, except upon streets in excess of eighty feet in width. If the builders in 
these cities were compelled by law within the next decade to comply with requirements like 
these, they would realize upon the outlay a dividend of at least ten per cent. ; and in the follow- 
ing two decades the entire cost of the outlay, with a like amount of interest, would be realized. 
This estimate, I may say, is Viased upon the compiled fire losses of the last two decades in our 
jirincipal cities. If we add to this the cost of insurance and the maintenance of fire 
departments, the result wouhl be still more emphatically in favor of the change suggested, to 
say nothing of the security and relief that would accrue to the entire community, in addition 
to a decided improvement in their architecture. 

The radical suggestion looking to changes of this character might to some minds seem 
absurd, but after a careful study of all the facts connected with this matter, this skepticism 
wonld vanish as the dew before the morning sun. But even with such a change, new problems 
would still douljtless arise which would demand thoughtful study by those thoroughly qualified 
to apply the science of chemistry as well as that of mechanics, to reach a solution. But as 
this would be in the line of true progress, 'and would insure still greater stability of 
construction and consequent immunity from fire, it would be all the better. 

In the annual conventions of the fire chiefs of our country the consideration of fire 
prevention lias occupied a prominent place in their debates, and their united experience found 
expression as follows: '-That notwithstanding their magnificent equipment with the best and 
most approved machinery thoroughly adapted to fire extinguishment, manned and manipulated 
by trained men drilled in fire tactics, and officered by men of experience and 
judgment, yet, by reason of the structural condition of our American cities, their aggressive 
work was neutralized, and tlieir efforts set at defiance in the accomplishment of successful 
work." This is an alarm, sounded by tlie best authority — a national convention of experts, 
men appointed and trusted with all the community holds sacred, i. e., human life and property, 
and under circumstances when the coolest and most calculating minds are brought into 
action. 

Our fire departments as now organized, witli few exceptions, are the pride and glory of our 
municipalities. They are excellent as far as they go, but they do not go far enough. 
Connected with them should be an auxiliary force — a power to be brouglit into requisition 
when the emergency demands it — i. e., a volume of water in excess of anything that our present 
organized fire departments can supply. This can be secured by power and pumps in seaport 
cities, by taking their supply from tide water. This would demand a pipe system for fire 
service in mercantile, warehouse and manufacturing sections of cities that would stand a 
sufficient pressure to the square inch, ami throw a volume of water from three to six inches in 
diameter — a solid body of water eighty to one hundred feet. Connected with these should be 
stand-pipes and horizontal pipes that would form the bed-mould of every cornice; these pipes 
perforated so as to afford on the front and rear of all buildings on the line of the thoroughfares 
in the district designated a kind of portable water wall, which would afford protection against 
the spread of fire originating from temperatures occasioned by even large bodies of fire. This 
protection, as an auxiliary to the fire departments, would, in my opinion, secure much greater 



Fire Insurance Solicited. 



ADVEKTISEMEXTS. 147 

First Mortgages on Real Estate Placed. 




John Mattson, 



DEALER IN . . 



REAL ESTATE, 



28 SCHOOL STREET, 



Room 69, 



BOSTON, MASS. 



The jyj^or^g Boston Heater W^ A. SANBORN, 



FOIt WARM AIU 
ONLY, and tliL- MA- 
UKK COM H [!N A- 
TIONHKATEKhere 

shown (for warm 
air and Hot Water) . 
each reccncH Tlie 
Hiirhest Awartl at 
World's Fair, 
(junraiiteed to L^ive 
peri'i.-ct SMtislaciion 
in every particular 
if properly arranged 
and used. 

May wo send jou 
a Oescriptivp CirVu- 
lar with Keferenccs 

THE IDEAL 
METHOD 
OF HEATING 

as employed 
by llie 




Hot Water Combination 



Magee Furnace Company, 

32-38 UNION STREET, BOSTON, MASS. 



Hanufacturer of and 
Dealer in ... . 



Face and 
Common . Brick. 

BOX 221, 

No. 166 Devonshire St., Boston. 

At Devonshire St., bet. i2 and 2 Wednesdays and Saturdays. 



YARDS AT MYSTIC AV., SOnERVILLE, 
AND EXETER, N. H. 



P. O. Address, 60 Chauiicey Avenue. 



148 A HALF CKXTrRY OF BOSTOX's BUILDIXG. 

immuuity from the disasters that we have heretofore experienced than any other system of 
protection that I know of. 

Panics and premiums go hand in hand. Insnrance organizations seem to forget that the 
best armies that were ever organized and equipped have met their Waterhw sooner or later. 
Even so to-day the fire organizations of New York and Chicago, claimed as they are by 
enthusiasts to be invincible, may in the near future be suVijected to the same criticisms, and in 
turn furnish food for insurance panic-makers that ours have so lately experienced. Insurance 
is so identified with business methods as to form the completing link in all commercial 
transactions, and is so thoroughly interwoven with business security and success that 
separation is impossible; therefore, any questionable practice on the ])art of those having 
control of the system woulil bring the whole commercial business practice of the country into 
disrei^ute, and affect the entire people of the nation. Those who would practice methods 
which are not in keeping with equity or the strictest integrity, should be held responsible to 
the ijeojile who furnish the capital to cover losses by fire and the casualties incident thereto. 
Insurance companies are in a manner the servants of the people, and as such are allowed fees 
as compensation. The people trust them to regulate this special work and protect their 
interests through legislative enactment, and special insurance regulations based thereon, and 
have the right to hold them to the strictest account for unprincipled methods in dealing with 
matters of insurance. If avarice or greed stimulates insurance agents to furnish unprincijded 
men with insurance in excess of values actually possessed, and receive premiums on i>roperty 
that does not exist, and by such methods hold out temptation to increase private gains to the 
detriment of the people, such methods should not only be condemned, but punished, as they 
tend to encourage indifference and criminal negligence, and to place a premium on wrong-doing. 

No policy should be issued on buildings or contents by any insurance company in excess 
of two-thirds of the actual cash value of the same, so that the i>eoi)le be not held liable to pay 
in excess of two-thirds the actual loss. This rule should be aj'idied where fires originate 
within the building. No building, or contents stored therein, erected after a certain date, 
should be insured unless the applicant for insurance presents a certificate, signed by an 
officer authorized by law to issue the same, that the said Imilding in its construction conforms 
to the requirement of laws which regulate the external and internal construction of the same. 

As a summary of facts : Our present methods of utilizing materials in building 
con.struction are radically wrong. A proper desire for immunity from fire demands that they 
be abandoned. Iron girders, supported by iron columns, brick arches covered with 
concrete, with iron truss roof, should not be accepted as fire-proof construction. These are 
important and underlying truths. In building construction in cities, as now practiced, the 
architect gives too much attention to external effect, and to the convenience for business in 
internal construction, and therefore has to adjust his design and construction as near as 
possible to the laws of meciiaiiics on this line. The cpiestion of protection against assault by 
fire from without and within seems to have little or no influence upon either the mind of the 
architect or that of his client. Are we not thus led to believe that they are influenced in 
their methods of construction Viy the easy system of shifting the burdens of risk for a small 
consideration onto insurance companies '.' A more ingenious method for quick and complete 
destruction by fire could not be devised than the general one now practiced in our cities, in 



ADVERTISEMEXTS. 14<) 



RP„„^.§y„?El?§.:. 






Plurnbiog, 



Gas Fitting and Furnace Work. 

HOT WATER HEATING FOR DWELLINGS. 
AGENTS FOR QLENWOOD RANGES and FURNACES. 



Having special facilities for remodeling old work, and substituting improved open 
plumbing, we can give extremely low prices on this class of work, as well as on 
new plumbing of every description. Estimates cheerfully furnished. 



45 . GREEN . STREET, 

Opposite Rockview St., 

-SPECIALTY ... 

Jobbing promptly attended to. JAMAICA PLAIN. 



150 A HALF (JKNTITRY OF KOSTdN's . liUILriIN<;. 

what are rated as second-class buildings, the constrnction in wliicli forms admiralile flues that 
serve as race-conrses for the fire from cellar to attic; hollow jiartitious; in fact, a complete 
wooden structure upon the inside of brick, stone or iron external construction. Then with 
such structures filled with infianiniable merchandise, the interior rendered still more highly 
combustible by the painter and decorator, and what have we on hand? A simple pile of 
highly ignitable materials. Then by the merest accident a fire in any part of the Vniilding 
at once tiirns it into a blast furnace. 

Extensive conflagrations are burdens that an intelligent community ought not to endure, 
as the power is with them to prevent their occurrence, and thus to remedy the evil. They 
have proved an almost unbearable burden, and when it is reflected that at least fifty per cent, 
of this total destruction could have been saved by apjilying jjrojier building methods, it would 
seem that the application of the knowledge purchased by such costly experience should be no 
longer delayed, but be promptly applied to the end of all human wisdom and philosophy — the 
greatest good of the greatest number. 



ADVERTISEMENTS. 



151 



J. E. CHRISTEN, 



Successor to LOUIS CHRISTEN,. 



Agent for the 

Germania Fire Insurance Co. 

OF NEW YORK. 

General Insurance Broker. 

40 MONTGOMERY ST., BOSTON. 

OFFICE HOURS 

From 10 A. M. to 1 P. M. and Evenings. 



ORDERS BY MAIL WILL RECEIVE PROMPT 
ATTENTION. 



The Long-Continued Confidence 

/~\F leading business men in any under- 
taking is proof of merit in tliat 
undertaking. Is it not? 

Fifty=seven of the leading firms in this 
country dealing in Building Supplies have 
advertised for more than Ten Years with- 
out interruption, in tlie 

.,_ American Architect, 

while seven of them have advertised dur- 
ing more than Eighteen Years. 

Is not their example worthy of your 
following.'' 

[For Advertising rates, address] 

AMERICAN ARCHITECT & BUILDING 
NEWS CO., 

211 Tremont Street, Boston, Mass. 



The American Architect, [founded in 1876J is published every 
Saturday at 21 1 Tremont St., Boston, 

Subscription : Regular edition, $6.00 ; Imperial edition, $10. co; 
International edition, $25.00 per year. 



FRANKLIN SMITH, Prest. and Treas. 
ELMER F. SMITH, Secy. 



MASTER BUILDERS' ASSOClATtON, 

166 DEVONSHIRE STREET. 

HOURS, 1 1.30 TO 1.30. 



LONG DISTANCE 
TELEPHONE 



Buildiosf Jroo WorK, 

POUAIDRY & A\ACHINE SHOP, 

Gerard, Farpbarn apd Reading Streets, 
. . . BOSTON . . . 



RELATION OF CONSTRUCTION TO FIRE INSURANCE. 

BY F. C. MOOKE. PKESIDEXT CONTINENTAL FIRE INSURANCE COMPANY, IN THE 
'• SPECTATOR '" OF APRIL 15. 1893. 




HERE is probably no suliject connected with insurance as to •vvliicL there is 
so much misapprehension, not only on the part of the public, but on the part 
of manj- underwriters as well, as the subject indicated by the above caption. 
The public generally suppose that all of the money recovered from underwriters 
to reimburse the owners of destroyed property is so much clear gain, and few among those 
who pay premiums, or among the smaller number who collect loss claims, realize that insurance 
companies are simply tax collectors, who distribute a burden instead of lifting it. 

Man}- underwriters, on the other hand, entertain the selfish and short-sighted idea that it is 
their duty simply to take the risk as they find it, charging a rate which shall measure the 
probabilities of loss, with a margin for expenses and profit, and that insurance companies have 
nothing whatever to do either with prevention, construction or extinction. If all risks were 
detaclied, and the burning of one did not iiecessarilj- involve the destruction of a second and 
third or larger number of buildings, this theory, from a strictly business standijoint, might be 
true. It would be a comparatively easy task for an underwriter of ordinary arithmetical 
education and ability to compute the proper premium which should measure conditions as he 
finds them ; but it will be conceded by every underwriter of experience that no one in the 
business, to-day, is capable of ciphering upon the conflagration hazard of cities, and that no 
premium hitherto obtained, or that maj- be regarded as collectible in the future, judging from 
the past, will measure the cost of taking risks as he finds them, without reference to the 
probable areas of a fire, in the cities and towns throughout the country, to which insurance 
companies must always look for the bulk of their premiums. 

Without any science or ai-ithmetic whatever, some of the companies who staggered under 
the fires of Chicago and Boston had accumulated surpluses, after years of effort, which 
proved sufficient to meet the claims of those disastrous conflagrations ; but a round hundred 
were found helpless when the census of survivors was published in 1873. Those who succeeded 
in weathering the storm lost, some of them, amounts equal to four times their capital, and the 
balance sheet of the trade profit account demonstrated clearly that the ]iioper construction of 
buildings in the compact portion of cities is of vital importance to the underwriter, who, 
unable to take the risk as he finds it, must, if he be wise, in a sufficient number of instances to 
deprive him of a large amount of premium, be compelled to leave the risk as he finds it. 

Even in the case of detached risks, however — dwelling-houses, churches, school-houses, farm 
property, etc. — the underwriter will be wise if he suggests methods of construction which 
will tend to make losses partial instead of total. At prevailing and obtainable rates, if 











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G. T. BURNHAM, 

Czirpcpter, . Builder . 2^pd . Coptrzictor, 

STORE FITTINGS, COUNTERS AND DESKS MADE TO ORDER. 
V© Be-verl^r Street, _ _ _ Boston. 



154 A HALF CEXTURY OF BOSTOx's BUIMIIXC. 

exceeding forty per cent, of fires result in total losses, there will Ite no profit in the business. 
It is a lamentable fact that simple prerantions, involving slight expenditures of money, are 
sufficient in the majority of cases to prevent fires from reaching the point of totality, and this 
being a fact (and it can easily be demonstrated to be a fact) it ought to require no argument 
that it is in the direct interest of insurance companies to cut down the percentage of total 
destruction even if they claim that it is not to their interest to ])revent fires ; for it may well be 
doubted if rates can ever be materially increased to a point which will make it possible for 
companies to collect a sufficient premium to pay an undue number of total losses out of every 
thousand risks in force. The kiuiwledge as to the percentage of total burning, which it is so 
essential for the underwriter to possess in order to fix his rate, can never be brought home to 
the average ])roperty-owner, whose conception as to tlie freipiency or iufrequency of fires is 
based upon his own limited observation of risks within the radius of his vision. It, therefore, 
behooves the underwriter to do something in the way of reducing the number of total fires, and 
also in the way of confining fires to the buildings in which they start, if not to the floors on which 
they originate. He may find as much profit by a reduction of losses as by an increase of 
premium, and the jiroce.ss will be attended with less friction between himself and his client 
in the conduct of his business. 

Any underwriter can determine from his own books the truth of the assertion that one-tenth 
of the amount of money which he pays out annually for fires which are not confined to single 
buildings would yield him a fair })rofit. He will discover that twenty -two per cent, of his losses 
are caused by exposures. If the rules of construction which he inculates result in confining 
fires to the floors on which they start, even in three cases out of ten, he will again make a 
reasonable profit by a reduced loss ratio as compared with that whicli he has heretofore been 
paying. He will discover that sixteen per cent, of his losses are due, in the judgment of those 
who adjust them, to defective flues, and that a like percentage of those fires the cause of winch 
is reported as unknown (about thirty-five per cent.) and also of the twenty-two per cent, wliich 
originate outside of his own btiilding, may well be attril)uted to this same cause. If. therefore, 
he can suggest precautions in the construction of flues which will reduce this large drain upon 
his resources, he will secure in this direction alone a fair return upon his cajjital. 

If he argues, selfishly, that a reduction of losses will result eventually in a reduction of 
rates and, in the absence of rules as to co-insurance, in a reduction in the amount insured, and 
that, therefore, he ought not to do anything to reduce losses, he will argue unwisely, because, 
no matter what be the reduction in the loss ratio, there will always be found a sufficient 
apijrehension of danger on the part of the average owner, sui>pleniented by tlie apprehension of 
danger on the part of the mortgagee, who has a contingent interest in the building, to make 
certain that a reasonable premium will be paid. Moreover, he will lose sight of the fact that 
the general prosperity of the country resulting from the steady accumulation of capital left free 
for new enterprises will further help his trade profit account, not merely on the premium side, 
but on the loss side, in a reduction of moral hazard. 

AVherever a building is destroyed the premiums which would have been received upon it are 
lost, and even if the building be rejilaced by the money received from the insurance comjjany 
and that reijuired for the excess of value above insurance subscribed bj- the property-owner, the 
vacuum caused by the fire is simply filled by drawing upon money which is thus diverted from 



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155 




156 A HALF CENTURY OF HOSTON's BUILI>IN(i. 

further enterprise and new buildings. It maj' safely V)e said that in every year, especially in 
those years in which expensive conflagrations occur, enterprising men of tlie character who 
make two blades of grass grow where one grew before, are crippled for life and made helpless 
for the want of capital which has been dissipated in smoke and ashes. It is seldom that the 
average reimlnirsement by insurance companies in conflagrations exceeds sixty per cent, of the 
destruction. Under present conditions of business, men operate largely upon credit, and their 
own interest in property destroyed is frequently the uninsured interest. The amount recovered 
from the insurance companies, therefore, goes to pay their debts and leaves them, in too many 
instances, penniless. It may safely be said that every active, enterprising man who would, if 
continued in business, be a producer is, if driven out of business, a dead loss to the 
underwriting interests of the country. Those interests depend more largely upon the general 
prosperity of the country than any other. 

It ought not to require argument to demonstrate that the interests of society are community 
interests; that all members of society, whatever be their calling, should conduct their business 
with reference to the good of all and in line and harmony with the common welfare. The man 
who, in the days of the war, furnished the government a shoddy overcoat or a jiaper-soled shoe 
was scarcely more a traitor to the Republic than the man who cheats his fellows in the same 
articles to-day. The carpenter or builder who violates the rules of safe construction ami 
conceals his false workmanship commits a crime against the community, but is not more guilty 
or culpable than the underwriter who conceals the knowledge gained liy him in his business and 
contents himself with quietly charging a rate of premium which shall inflict upon careful and 
honest construction the burden of paying for "skin" building. There can be no (question that 
if there had been nc> insurance companies in existence during the last century the construction 
of cities would be more substantial and fire-resisting than at present. Merchants and 
property-owners generally would have been compelled to take precautious against fire which 
they have found it more protitable to neglect, because of the cheapness with which they can 
purchase indemnity. This statement does not ignore the tact that the business of fire 
insurance is absolutely indispensaVile, with all its faults, to the prosperity of the country, but 
it deals squarely and frankly with the fact that while insurance has been a necessity and 
always will be a necessity to all other enterprises, it will never be found in line with its 
whole duty to the community until it points out the faults of bad construction and, by charging 
for them, places the proper penalty upon them, and at the same time recognizes, in lower 
pirices, the merits of those property-owners who build with reference to well-known laws of 
safety. To conduct the business of insurance in such manner as to mislead the public by 
extending protection ami immunity to improper construction at the same average price as to 
buildings of proper character is to make it a business of wreckers, showing false lights on a 
dangerous coast. 

There can be no question that the proper conduct of the business of fire insurance by rate 
tariffs which discriminate as to safe and unsafe construction, recognizing each feature, would 
be in line witli the interests of all other callings, and would result in such improvements in 
building methods as would, in time, make such conflagrations as those of Chicago and Boston 
impossible. 

The rules of safe construction, from a fire insurance standpoint, are exceedingly simple. 



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157 



CHARLES LEMMLER, 
Carpenter and Builder, 



Residence and Shop, Washington St., near Beach, 



ROSLINDALE. 



JOBBING PROMPTLY ATTENDED TO. 



E.W.BAILEY SCO, 

Doors, WipcIoWS an<l 

. . Blipcls . . 

22 and 24 KNEELAND ST., 



Established 1846. 



BOSTON. 



Members Flaster Builders' Association. 



E. A. Carlisle, Pope & Co. 



Successors to LEVI BOLES & SON, 



DEALERS IN 



Doors, Glazed Windows, Blinds, 

WINDOW AND DOOR FRAHES, 
WEIGHTS, CORD, Etc., 



AND IMI-ORTtRS OF 



Foreign Window Glass, 
Haymarket Square, 



Cor. Sudbury St., 



BOSTON. HASS. 



158 A HALF CENTURY OF BOSTOx's P.UILDIXG. 

They involve recognition of only two features : First, such construction as will prevent damage 
to a building and its contents from outside fires ; and, second, such construction as will prevent 
an inside fire from extending thmughout the various floors of the structure. The latter may be 
said to be the more important of the two, since a fire confined to one floor of a building will 
never do damage to any other building. 

Even such combustible material as wood can be so arranged as to result in such slow 
ignition and combustion as will insure its control. The means to this end are sim])le and 
operate upon the same lines that govern the regulation of combustion in stoves. Even a child 
understands that the closing of a damper interferes with combustion in a stove and that, before 
a fire is thoroughly kindled, it will practically prevent thorough ignition. But, ignoring this 
simple fact, buildings are constructed with air drafts from cellar to roof, and the door dampers 
Avide open. A few shovelsful of mortar filled in between the studs of hollow partitions at 
each floor, and a few shovelsful of inexpensive concrete or deafening between floors, with all 
staircases, elevators, etc., cut off at each story by doors, even though of wood or glass, all tend 
to retard combustion and facilitate extinction. No class of men understand this more 
thoroughly than underwriters. 

Remarkable instances of what may be termed self-extinction by exhaustion tif the oxygen 
of an apartment are constantly coming to their attention. In one case, for example, a fire 
occurred in a drug store by the spontaneous ignition of fine planing-mill chips or shavings 
saturated with drippings of linseed oil. The box containing this dangerous mixture was 
carelessly left on the head of a barrel containing linseed oil, and the fire resulting actually 
charred this and other barrels standing near, some of which contained whisky and turpentine, 
the latter barrel being actually blistered by the heat ; but the fire, after exhausting the oxygen 
of the apartment, which was a small one, went out for want of air. The room, though filled 
with combustible materials, was fortunately a close one, without openings or broken panes of 
glass to supply the wanting element. Could anything better illustrate or enforce the suggestion 
of the importance of preventing air-drafts than this remarkable incident? 

We are prone to criticise what we term the flimsy construction and reckless methods of 
semi-civilized countries like Jajiaii, but even the Japanese build fire-i)roof warehouses without 
other materials than bamboo and clay, and their most fragiie and combustible structures are 
scareelj' less fire-resisting than many of the brick buildings of our important American cities, 
whose efficient fire departments could jn-obably stop a conflagration in Yeddo without more 
diflieulty than in some sections of New York, Boston or Chicago. 

Even our liuilding laws are lamentably defective. It would surprise not only the average 
layman, but probably the average underwriter, to know that the building law of New York 
actually ref[uires that floor joists shall I)? anchored to the walls by iron ties, which, in case of 
the burning through and falling of the beam, would tear the bowels out of the only division 
between the destroyed building and its adjoining structure ; while the penalties for nailing 
wooden furring strips to the outer surface of chimney flues, or, for that matter, affixed to any 
violations of the building law, are practically nuide null and void by a paragraph which 
provides that whenever a builder is found to have violated any provision of the law it shall be 
the duty of the authorities to give him notice, and allow him ten days in which — not to remedy 
the fault — but to begin to remedy it, so that by striking a few blows of a hammer on the 
tenth day he can assert that he has commenced to make good his criminal neglect. 



W. F. ARKINSON. 



ADVEKTISKMEXTS. 159 

J. J. TiERNEY. NOVELTY WOOD WORKS. 



W. F. ARKINSON & CO., 

Plurnbers 2^pcl^_— . 
Sz^oitairy Epgipeers. 

Jobbing Solicited and Promptiy Attended to. 

ESTIHATES FURNISHED. 

6/ BUCKINGHAM STREET 
BOSTON. 

TELEPHONE 602 TREMONT. 

Sanitary Inspection of Private and Public 
Buildings. 

A. BILAFSKY, 

Contractor 



-^ BUILDER -^ 



Office, 27 School Street, 



BOSTOM. 



Established 1844. 



Telephone ConnectiuD. 



J. J. McNUTT, 



Builder and Manufacturer 
of 

Wood MouldiDsrs, Brack- 
ets, Counters, SaNltes. 
I>oors, Window Frames, 
Oraners, Packinar Boxes, 
etc. 



Planing, Sawing, Turning, 
Fret Sawing, etc. Carving 
and Pattern Making. Partic- 
ular attention paid to fitting 
up Banks, Banking Houses, 
Offices, Stores, Saloons, etc. 
Designs and Estimates Fur- 
nished. 



Scenic and Theatrical 

WOOD WORK 

A Specialty. 
Originator and Builder of the 

Famous Boston Ideal 

BOWLING ALLEYS, 

TRADE MARK. 

KefercDCes : Oxford Club, 
Lynn; Clark's Hotel, Bos- 
ton; Duffy & McCarthy, 
Boston ; Norfolk Cycle 
Club, South Weymouth ; 
Central Club, Somerville. 



Junction Maiden and Wareham Streets, South End, 

BOSTON, MASS. 

JOHN F. DONLAN, 

Sanitary ->:: plumber, 

DRAINAGE and 
VENTILATION. 



Hotel Berlsele3r, 



Corner Boylston and Berkeley Sts. 



BOSTON. 



ESTIMATES guPMioLj-rr. ^ 

REPAIRS PROMPTLY ATTENDED TO. 



160 A HALF f'EXTURY OF BOSTON'S BUILDINO. ~ 

As if tliis were not sufficient, it is further provided (viJe Sect. 505), that the department of 
buihlings is authorized to remit any fine or penalty which any person may have incurred, even 
after such fine or penalty shall have Ijeen imposed by a regularly established court of justice. 

What wonder is it that under such laws '-skin" builders, even in the metropolis of this 
unhappy country, disregard simple rules of safety and erect structures intended as habitations, 
by night and day, for their fellow-creatures that are worse fire-traps than are to be found in 
Japan, well knowing that even if the destruction by fire does not conceal their crime, they will 
be permitted under the statute to go scot free? 

What wonder is it that buildings are being daily erected in Xew York whose flues are 
covered with wooden furring and plastering in direct violation of the law, and that in one 
instance it was discovered, in a pretentions office building on Wall Street, that the only front 
wall of a chimney breast was the wooden lath and plaster — a fact which was fortunately 
discovered in time to prevent the destruction of the building ? 

What wonder is it that under a law which provides that every flue shall be lined either with 
cast-iron or burned clay pipe one joint of such pipe is dexterously manipulated so as to be 
shifted through successive lengths of the flue in process of construction, and finally lifted out 
at the top, or else left at that point to deceive those underwriters or building department 
inspectors who examine (if perchance there be any) to see that the law is complied with ? 



ADVERTISEMENTS. 



161 



W. J. SULLIVAN, 
Cut . Freestone . Contractor, 




DEALER JN ALL KINDS OF 



Freestone, Lirpestope aipd A\2irble. 



DIAMOND STONE SAWING MILL 
. . . AND STEAM WORKS , . . 



Cor. of Swett and Island Sts. and Massachusetts Ave. 



OFFICE, 123 SWETT STREET. 



MASTER BUILDERS' ASSOCIATION, 

166 DEVONSHIRE STREET, BOX 329, - BOSTON, MASS. 




BUILDING LAWS AND ORDINANCES 
OF THE City of Boston. 

HE following is a cumi>lete and lately revised digest of the statutes and 
iirdinances relating to the construction, maintenance and inspection of buildings 
in the city of Boston. 



CHAPTER 419 OF 1892. 

CREATION OF DEPARTMENT. 

Section 1. Tliere shall lie in the city of Boston a department, to be called the inspection 
of buildings department, which shall lie furnished, at the expense of the city, with office room 
and such supplies for the transaction of its business as the city council may provide. The 
compensation of its officers shall be provided for by said city by ordinance.* 

CHIEF OFFII'EU OF THE DEPARTMENT. 

Hect. 2. The chief officer of said department shall be called tlie inspector of buildings 
and shall be either an architect, builder, or civil engineer, and shall be appointed by the mayor 
and confirmed by the board of aldermen. He shall hold office for the term of three years or 
until his successor shall be appointed and confirmed, but may be removed by the mayor for 
malfeasance, incapacity, or neglect of duty. 

OTHER OFFICERS. 

Sect. o. The other officers of said dejiartment shall consist of a clerk and such number of 
assistant inspectors and civil engineers as the city council may from time to time by ordinance 
determine. All of said officers shall be appointed by the inspector, with the apjiroval of the 
mayor, and shall hold office during good behavior: but may be removed by the insiieetor, with 
the approval of the nuiyor, for malfeasance, incapacity, or neglect of duty. 

.Sect. 4. Xone of the aforesaid officers of the department shall be employed or engaged in 
any other business, or be interested in any contract for building, or for furnishing materials to 
be used for building, in the city of Boston. 

CLERK OF DEPARTMENT. 

Sect. 5. In case of the temporary absence or disability of the inspector, he may appoint 
one of the assistant inspectors as his deputy, and such deputy shall, during such absence or 
disability, exercise all the powers of the inspector. 

The clerk of the department shall, under the direction of the inspector, have supervision 
and direction of the other officers and employees of said department. 
•^^ Section 1. Chapter 4«, 1894. 



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BUILDER 



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Residence. 14 Newbern St. 



Richard P. Slatterj & Co. 



PLUMBERS 



AND 



GAS FITTERS, 



No. rs ESSEX STREET, 



BOSTON. 



Drainage and Ventilation a Specialty. 



TELEPHONE NO. 1599. 



164 A HALF CENTURY OF BOSTON'S BUILDING. 

Dl'TIES OF THE DErAKTMENT. 

Sect. G. The in.'^peetor shall keep a record of the business of said department, suV)mit to 
the city council a yearly report of such business, ascertain all facts and make all returns 
required by law relative to steam-boilers, and enter, if necessary, upon the jiremises wherein 
any fire has occurred, in order to investigate the origin of the fire. He may require plans and 
specifications of any proposed erections or alterations of buildings, to be filed with him, and 
shall grant permits for such erections or alterations when in conformity with the requirements 
of this act. 

Sect. 7. The inspector or his assistants shall examine all buildings in the course of erection 
or alteration, as often as practicable, and make a record of all violations of this act, with the 
street and number where such violations are found, with names of the owner, architect, and 
master mechanics, and all other matters relative thereto. 

Sect. S. The inspector or his assistants shall examine all buildings reported dangerous 
or damaged by fire or accident, and make a record of such examinations, stating the nature 
and amount of such damage, the name of the street and number of the building, with names 
of the owner and occupant, and the purpose for which it is occupied, and in case of fire the 
probable origin thereof; shall examine all buildings for which applications have been made 
for permits to raise, enlarge, alter, build ujion, or tear down, and make a record of such 
examination. The records required by this section shall always he open to the inspection of 
the engineers of the fire department or any officer of the city, and of any other parties the 
value of whose property may be affected i)y the matters to which such records relate. 

Sei't. 9. The assistant inspectors of buildings shall attend all fires occurring in the 
districts to whii-h they are respectively assigned; shall rejiort to the chief or assistant engineer 
of the fire department, and present all information they may have relative to the construction 
and condition of the premises on fire, and of the adjoining buildings. 

Sect. 10. It shall be the duty of the engineers, upon the request of the inspector or of 
the board of appeal hereinafter provided, to make all necessary computations as to the strength 
of materials, and to furnish expert assistance with regard to the mode of construction of any 
building subject to the provisions of this act. 

PLANS AND SPECIFICATrilNS. 

Sect. 11. The inspector shall not give a permit for the erection of any building until he 
has carefully iiispecterl the plans and specifications thereof, ascertained tiiat the building has 
sufficient strength, and that the means of ingress and egress are sufficient. A copy of the plans 
and sjiecifications of every public building shall be deposited in the oflice of the inspector. 
The inspector may require any applicant for a permit to give notice of the application to any 
persons whose interests may be affected by the proposed work. 

BOAKD OF APPEAL. 

Sect. 12. There shall be in said Boston a board, to be called the board of appeal from 
the inspector of buildings, which board shall consist of three members, to be appointed as 
follows : 

One person, who shall be appointed by the mayor, with the approval of the board of 
aldermen, and who shall hold his office for three years from the date of his appointment. 



ADVERTISEMENTS. 



365 



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construction. 



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PRINCIPAL OFFICE, CHICAGO, ILL. 



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apolis, and London, En^. 



E W. CLARK & CO. 

Masons and Builders, 



714 Carter Building, 



7 WATER STREET, 



BOSTON. 



John H. Kellar, 



BUILDER, 



704 TOPUFF STREET, 



DORCHESTER. 



BENJ. F.TRIPP, 

MECHANICAL DRAUGHTSMAN. 

Pattern ^ and ^ Model « Maker, 

Patterns for all kinds of 
Building Work. 
Stairs a Specialty. 



17 CHAR DON STREET. 

Near Revere House, 

Boston, Mass. 



166 A JIALF CENTURY OF BOSTON'S BUILDING. 

One ai-fliitect, who shall be appointed, with the approval of the mayor, by the Boston 
chapter of the American Society of Architects, such appointment being duly certified by the 
proper recording officer of said chajiter, rind who shall hold his office for two years from the 
date of his appointment. 

One master builder, who shall be appointed, with the approval of the mayor, by the 
Master Builders' Association, such appointment being duly certified by the proper recording 
officer of such association, and who shall hold his office for one year from the date of his 
appointment. The terms of the several members of said board shall be three years each, after 
the expiration of the first terms. 

Any member of said board may be removed by the mayor for malfeasance, incapacity, or 
neglect of duty. Each member of said board shall be paid by the city a compensation of five 
dollars for each hour of actual service, but not exceeding one thousand dollars per annum. 
The reasonable expenses of said board, including clerical assistance and office expenses if 
required, shall be paid by the city of Boston. No member of said board shall sit in a case in 
which he is interested, and in case of such disqualification, or of the necessary absence of any 
member, the two other members shall appoint a substitute. If two or" more members are so 
disqualified or absent, the inspector shall appoint one substitute, the appellant another, and 
the two so appointed shall, if necessary, appoint a third. 

Sect. 13. Any applicant for a permit from the inspector of buildings recpiired by this act, 
whose application has been refused, or any person who has been ordered by the inspector to incur 
any expense, may, within fifteen days after being notified of such refusal or order, appeal from 
the decision of the inspector by giving to the inspector notice in writing that he does so appeal. 
Any person, the value of whose property may be affected by work to be done under any permit 
granted by the inspector of buildings, may, within three days after the issuing of such permit, 
appeal by giving to the inspector notice in writing that he does so appeal. All cases in which 
appeals have been taken as above provided shall be referred to the board of appeal, and said 
board shall, after hearing, direct the inspector to issue his jjermit under such conditions, if any, 
as they may require, or to withhold the same. In such cases as are not provided for in this 
act, and in allowing the use of constructive materials not mentioned in this act, and only in 
such cases, the board of appeal may exercise discretionary powers. Whenever the inspector 
shall have rendered a decision involving the construction and effect of any portion of this act, 
auy citizen of Boston may obtain the opinion of the board of appeal as to the true construction 
of the language under which said decision was rendered, in the following manner: "Such 
citizen shall file with the board of appeal an application in writing for such opinion, setting 
forth the language concerning which an opinion is desired, and also a statement, if practicable, 
of the construction adopted by the inspector. Such application must be filed within ninety 
days of the date of the decision referred to. The board shall, after notice to the inspector and 
svu-h further notice an<l hearing as they may deem proper, ^ilace upon their records for 
public inspection, and send to said inspector, a written statement of their opinion as to the 
true meaning and effect of the language set forth in the application, and said inspector shall 
thereafter conform to said opinion in issuing permits. All expense arising from proceedings to 
obtain an opinion of the Ijoard, as above provided, shall be paid by the applicant.* 
» Section 2, Chapter 443, l.SiU. 



ADVEKTISEMENTS. 



167 



B. W. FELTON, 

Manufacturer of FKLTON'S Patent 

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Are the best. With new patent cokl air box regulator 
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P.O. Box 2414. BOSTON, MASS. 



HAM & CARTER, 



DEALERS IN 



Bricks, Lime, Cement, Plaster, 

HAIR, SAND. FLOUR, &c. 

SEWER AND DRAIN PIPE, 
No. 560 Albany Street, 

Opp. Dedham St. 

No. 82 Clifton Street, 

At Dudley St. Station. 

Boston. 




AUGUSTUS F. LASH, Dealer in 

Second-Hand Building Materials 

BUILDINGS BOUGHT, RAZED & REMOVED. 

Office, 378, 380, 382 Dorchester Avenue, 

SOUTH BOSTOrj. 



168 A HALF IKNTURY OF BOSTON S BUILDING. 

Sect. 14. Any member of the board of appeal and any officer of the department for the 
inspection of buildings may, so far as may be necessary for the performance of his duties, 
enter any building or premises in the city of Boston. 

PERMIT.*. 

Sf.ct. 15. Hereafter in the city of Boston no building shall be erected or altered, and no 
building damaged by lire or other casualty shall be repaired or restored to its former condition, 
and no work which impairs the strength or increases the fire risk of any wall, structure, or 
building shall be done, except upon a permit from the inspector, and in conformity with the 
provisions of this act ; provided, however, that this act shall not apply to bridges, (pays, or 
wharves, or buildings on land ceded to the United States.* 

Sect. 16. Any alteration made in a structure shall conform to the provisions of this act 
for a new structure ; but if the alteration to be made is of such extent as, when done, to 
l)ractically produce a new structure or impair the stability or increase the fire risk of the 
structure as a whole, then the entire structure shall be made to conform to the provisions of 
this act for a new structure. A buildiug damaged by fire or other casualty may be repaired or 
restored so as to conform to its original condition, or may be reconstructed in certain or all of 
its parts, so as to conform to the re(iuirements of this act for new buildings, as the inspector, 
with the approval of the board of appeal, may specify in his permit. t 

DEFINITIONS. 

Sect. 17. In this act the following terms shall have the meanings respectively assigned 
to them. '■ Alteration '■ means any change or addition. "Building of the first class" means 
building of fire-proof construction throughout. "Building of the second class" means all 
buildings not of the first class, the external and party walls of which are of brick, stone, iron, 
or other eipially substantial and incombustible material. "Building of the third class" means 
any building not of the first or second class. "Cellar" or "basement" is a lower story of 
which one-half or more of the height from the cellar bottom to the underside of the floor joists 
of the story above is below the grade of the street or ground at the principal front of the 
building, provided said grade of the ground is not below the grade of the street at said front. 
"Foundation" means that portion of a wall below the level of the street curb, and where the 
wall is not on a street, that portion of the wall below the level of the highest ground next to 
the wall; but if under party or partition walls, may be construed by the inspector to mean that 
portion below the cellar floor. -Ileiglit of a building" means the vertical distance of the 
highest point of the roof above the highest grade of the street or ground at the principal front of 
the building, provided said grade of the ground is not below the grade of the street at said 
front. " Height of a wall '' means the height from the mean grade of the sidewalk or 
adjoining ground to the highest point of the wall. "Inspector" means the inspector of 
buildings of the city of ISoston. ••Lodging-house" means a building in which persons are 
accommodated with sleeping apartments, and includes hotels and apartment houses where 
cooking is not done in the several apartments. " Party wall " means every wall used, or built in 
order to be used, as a separation of two or more buildings. "Partition wall" means any 
interior wall of masonry in a building. ••External wall " means every outer wall or vertical 
» Section 3, Chapter 4-lH, 1S!14. t Section 4, Cliapter 44:!,. IHiH 



ADVEKTISEMENTS. 



169 




M. H. GULESIAN, 

Manufacturer 
of . . . . 

Copper and Galvanized 
Iron Cornices, 

COPPER ROOFING, 
SKYLIGHTS, VENTILATORS, 
WINDOW CAPS, GUTTERS, 
CONDUCTORS, PIPING, AND 
METAL CEILINGS 

^ "^ all kinds. 



12, 14& 16WalthamSt., 

BOSTON. 



KING'S WINDSOR CEMENJ 
DRY MOffTAff. 

For Plastering Walls and Ceilings. 

T/iis is a prepared Cement ready for hnmediate 
use. 200 per cent, harder than Lime Mortar. 

Buildings plastered with this material lan be occu- 
pied four to six 7veeks earlier than they could be 
if ordinary Lime Mortar were employed. 

Some of the buildings of prominence, in Boston, plastered with 
King's Windsor Cement Dry Mortar the past two years are : 

Union Station, Boston & Maine Railroad. 
Jefferson Building, 
Carter Building. 
Castle Square Tlieatre, 
First Church of Christ, 
City Hospital Buildings, 
City School Buildings, 
Traveler Building, 

R. H. White & Co.'s Annex, Washington St.. 
It is contracted for througliout the New Tremont 
Temple. 

Information and prices furnished at Office. 

No. 166 DEVONSHIRE STREET, 

BOSTON, MASS. 

Ira O. Goodrich, n. E. Manager. 



FOLSOM SNOW GUARD CO, 

BOSTON. MASS. 

Snow Guards for all Roofs. 

THE ONLY GUARDS THAT KEEP THE 
SNOW FROM SLIDING. 




Section of roof showing Snow Guards. 



i5:^=*These goods may be found upon all new 
slate roof buildings built bv the Citv of Boston. 



170 



A IIAI.F CKXTUKY OF BOSTON S liiaLDING. 



enclosure of a liuililing otluT than a party wall. ''Repairs" means tlie reconstruction or 
renewal of anj^ existing part of a building, or of its fixtures or appurtenances, by which the 
strength or fire risk is not affected or modified, and not made, in tlie opinion of the inspector, 
for the i)urpose of converting the building in whole or in part to a new one. '■ Story of a 
building" means that piu'ticui of the building between the level of the bottom of the floor 
beams and the top of the ceiling beams of that story. " Tenement house " means a building 
which, or any portion of which, is occupied, or intended to be occupied, as a dwelling by more 
than three families living independently of one anotiier, and doing tlieir cooking upon the 
premises; or by more than two families above the second floor, so living and cooking. 
"Thickness of a wall'' means the minimum thickness of such wall. "Theatre"' means a 
building or portion of a building in which it is designed to make a business of the presentation 
of dramatic, operatic, or other performances or shows for the entertainment of spectators, and 
having a permanent stage for said performances wliich can be used for scenery and other stage 
ajipliances.* 

WOODEX BUII.DIXOS WITHIX lUTLDIXO LIMITS. 

Skct. is. The city of JJostoii may from time to time, by ordinance, extend the building 
limits in said city, and may establish other limits in auy_districts of said city, and within such 
limits every building built after the establishment thereof shall be of the first or second class, 
and only the following tliird-class striu'tures shall be allowed, viz.: 

The wharves and sheds on wharves not exceeding twenty-seven feet in height. 

Sheds not exceeding the same height to be used tor market purposes, or to facilitate the 
building of authorized liuildings. 

Elevators of any heiglit, for the storage of coal and grain, but all external parts of said 
sheds and elevators shall lie covered with slate, tile, metal, and other ec^ually incombustible 
material, and their mode of construction and location shall be subject to the approval of the 
inspector. 

STIIKXOTH (IF MATERIALS. 

Skot. 19. The stresses in materials hereafter used in construction, produced by the 
calculated strains due to their ciwu weight and a]iplied loads, sliall not exceed the following: 

Tnir.KK. 

;SVrr.s>7>,'; //; Pminds jii:r S'jiuirr Lir/i. 





On Extreme Fibre, 




shearing along 


^Irain. 


Compression Perpendic- 
ular to Grain. 


White pine and sprure 

"White oak 

Yellow pine (long-leav 




ToO 


80 

i.->ri 
loo 


loO 


'd) 


1.000 

l."o0 


250 
250 









Stresses due to transverse strains condiined with direct tension or compression, not to 
exceed extreme fibre stresses given alime. 
• Section 5, Cliapter H'-'; ISiU. 



ABVEKTISEMEXTS. 



171 



R. MOORE, 



R. WOODS. 



rioore & Woods, 

ROOFERS, 

Slate, Tin, Copper and 

r.nmpflsilion Roofs 



APPLIED A\D REPAIRED IN THE BEST MANNER. 



TIN ROOFS PAINTED. , 



No. 8 Province Court, - Boston. 



CHAS. J. LORD & CO. 
Builders, 



124 PEMBROKE STREET, 



BOSTON. 



W. EMERY & COMPANY, 

WHOLESALE AND RETAIL DEALERS IN 

Doors, Windows, Door and Window Frames, 

Blin«ls, Weights, Cor«Js, and Blind Trirpniings. 



'ARRIED IN STOCK__. ^ 



PINE, VVHITEWOOD AND CYPRESS DOORS 

OAK FRONT DOORS, 11 n 

. . . CYPRESS FRONT DOORS. 



Odd Work of All Kinds. 



DOORS. VENEERED AND SOLID, MADE TO ORDER. 

224 FRIEND STREET, 

. . . BOSTON, MASS. 

TELEPHONE NO. 1240, HAYMARKET. 



172 



A HALF CENTURY OF BOSTON S BUILDING. 

£}i]flerfi<)ii. — Mriil iiliif! or EhiMiciti/. 



White piue 

Spruce 

Yellow pine (long-leiived) 

White oak 



750,000 

900,000 

1,300,000 

SOO.OOO 



Fi})' I'lisfs u-itli Flat Ends. 



The stresses given in the following table, in which L^ length of jiost, D^ least 
diameter of post, and 8 = stress per square inch. 



White Pine and Spruce. 


Long-leaved. 


Yellow Pine. 


While 0.ik. 


L. 
D. 




s. 


L. 
D. 


S. 


S. 


to 10. ... 
10 " 35 .... 




025 

500 


to 15 
15 " 30 
30 " 40 
40 ■' 45 
45 " 50 


l.OOli 

.S75 
750 
(•.25 
500 


750 

(;5o 


35 " 45 ... . 
45 '• 50.... 




375 

250 


500 
470 
375 



WROUGHT IRON AND STEEL. 

Stresses hi Pounds 2>er Square Inch. 



Extreme fil)re stress, rolled beams, and shapes 12,000 

Tension , 12,000 

Compression in flanges of built beams I 10,000 

Shearing 

Direct bearing, including jiiiis :ind rivets . 
Bending on pins 



steel. 



16,000 
15,000 
12,000 
10,000 
18,000 
22,500 



For columns and members acting as such, ten thousand for iron ami twelve thousand for 
steel, reduced for ratio of length of column to its least radius of gyration by approved modern 
formulas. 

Stresses due to transverse strains, combined witli direct tension or compression, not to 
exceed extreme fibre stress given above for rolled beams and shapes, or in case of Imilt 
members the abiive tensi<ni and coiniiressiou stresses. 

Compression flanges of beams to be proi)ortioned to resist lateral flexure unless properly 
stayed or secured against same. 



DEFLKCTION. 



MOnULlS IIF KLASTICITV. 



Iron 

Steel 



27,000,000 
20.000.000 



ADVKKTISEMEXTS. 



n;5 



ONE LAYER 



Cabot's Sheathing "QUILT" 




Is equal to Six Layers 



OF ROSIN=SIZED PAPER, 

for sheathing or deadening. Costs less than one 
cent per foot. 

Sample and information upon application. 



SAHUEL CABOT, 

70 Kilby Street, - Boston- 

Established I.S68. 



A.C.&IVI.LFELKIN 



Successors to W. C, FELKIN. 



.ti*^ 



\ SIGNS ,^ 

OF EVERY DESCRIPTION. 

Office Buildings Lettered by 
Contract. 



BRASS SIGNS. ""'Y'eA'eTs^' 



ED 



114 WATER STREET. 



M. J. WHALEN, 

Plumber and . . 
Sanitary Engineer. 

REPAIRING GIVEN PERSONAL ATTENTION. 
CONTRACTS FAITHFULLY EXECUTED. 

1578 TREMONT STREET, 

Near Mission Cliiircli, 

Boston. 



Residence, 66 St. Alphonsus Street. 



Ckni.-Electric Mfg. Co. 



17BATTERYMARCHST., 
p. 0. Box, 3332. Boston, Hass. 

MANUFACTURERS OF 

Faradaic Medical Batteries & Bichromate Batteries, 

STORAGE & CHLORIDE OF SILVER BATTERIES. 

Klertric Ailvertisinur Siirns, Electric \'oii.»iu(lii)!ir Clock, 
Piisli Buttons, Switches and Current Reversers. 

ELECTPIC VALVE FOR HYDRAULIC HOISTING 
AND FOR LIQUIDS. 

New Electric Annunciator for Hotels, Etc. 

GOODS ALL OF NEW DESIGN. 

CIRCULAR, ETC., ON APPLICATION. 



174 



A HALF (EXTUKV OF KOSTOX S lillLDIXG. 



Stresses lor steel are those for "mediuiu strel." lia\'iiig an ultimate tensile strength of 
60,000 to 68,000 pounds per sipiare inch, an elastic limit of not less than .".5,000 pnunils per 
square inch, and minimum elongation in eight inches of twenty per cent. 

(AST 11! ox. 

Stresses in Pounds jier S/iiare liicli. 

Extreme fibre stress, tension .......... 

Extreme fibre stress, compression ......... 

Fur Columns. 
The stresses given in the folloAving table, in which L ^ length of coluniu in feet, D^ 
external diauieter, or at least side of rectangle in inches, and S = stress in pounds per scpiare 
inch. 



. 2.500 
. 8.000 



Round Columns. 



2.(; 



L. 
D. 


s. 

Square F.^ced 
Bearings. 


s. 

Round and 
Faced Bearings. 


Round 
Bearings. 


1.0 


8.480 
8.210 
7,940 
7,G70 
7.390 
7,120 
6.850 
6..580 

G,:;20 

G.OGO 
5,810 
5.580 
5,340 
5.120 
4.910 


7.870 
7.540 
7,200 
6.870 
6.540 
(>,220 
5.910 
5,620 
5,;!30 
5.060 
4.810 
4.570 
4.340 
4,120 
.3.910 


7.350 


1 1 


G.970 


1.2 .... 


(),59() 


1.;; 


(;,220 


1.4 

1.5 

l.G 

17 ... 


5,860 
5,530 
5.200 
4.900 


l.cS 

1,9 

2.0 

2.1 


4,620 
4,350 
4.100 
3.870 
;!.650 


2.4 


3.440 
3.250 



3 



710 
510 
.330 
150 
980 
.820 
.660 
,520 
380 
250 



.3,720 
3.540 

:!.:;70 

3.210 

.•j.oc.o 

2,920 
2,780 
2.660 
2.540 
2,430 



3.080 
2.910 
2. 760 
2.020 
2,480 
2.360 
2.240 

2.i;;o 

2.030 
1.940 



Rectangular Column.s. 



Square Faced 
Bearings. 



8.810 

8,(;oo 

8.380 
8.140 
7.910 
7,670 
7,430 
7,190 
(;.960 
6.7.30 
6.490 
(i.270 
0.O50 
5,830 
5.02(t 
5.420 
5.2.30 
5.040 
4.800 
4.0.SO 
4 520 
4, .3.50 
4,200 
4.0.-)0 
3,910 



Rountd and 
Faced Bearings. 



8,320 
8.030 
7,740 
7,450 
7,1(J0 
(i,870 
0,590 
0.310 
G.040 
5,780 
5.5;!0 
5.280 
5.050 
4,8.30 
4,620 
4,410 
4,220 
4,040 
3.870 
;!,700 
3.510 
3.390 
3.250 
3.120 
2.990 



STONEWORK. 

Sfressrs III Tuns nf Tiru Tli'insii iid I'liini'ls jior Symrrr Foof. 
First quality, di'cssed lieds and Iniilds. laid solid in cement niortiir. 



Round 
Bearings. 



7,870 
7,540 
7,200 
0,870 
6,450 
6,220 
5,910 
5,020 
5,330 
5,000 
4,810 
4,570 
4,340 
4,120 
3,910 
3.720 
3,540 
3,370 
.3.210 
.3.000 
2.020 
2.780 
2,660 
2.540 
2.430 



ADVERTISEMEXTS. 



175 



Elijah S. Cowles. Pres. Bhnj. W. Wells, Treas. 

Chas. Burgher, Sec'y and Supi. 



Boston Automatic Fire Alarm Co. 

Sucrf ssors to tlie Boston HiisincKs of thr Antoiiiatir Fire 

Alarm anil Ext, Co. (Lim.) ami the Initetl States 

Electric Fire SitrnnI I'o. 

Operating Automatic and . . 
,_ Manual Fire Alarms. 

Central Station and Superintendent's Office, 

111 MILK STREET. 

Treasurer's Office, 

15 CENTRAL WHARF. 



Insurance Rates Reduced 10/?. 

APPROVED BY THE 

Boston Board of Fire Underwriters. 

PKdTKCTlXi 400 BlILDIXiS IN 1!OSTO\. 



W. W. DReyWEY, 

Builder, 



49 HOWARD AVENUE, 



DORCHESTER. 



W. T. C. Macallen Co. 



MANUFACTURERS OF 



SOLID SHEET MICA 



Insulating Joints 



ELECTRIC RAILWAY MATERIAL. 



416 Atlantic Avenue, 



Boston. 



The ^r.icalleii Iiisul.nting Joints have 
been approved and recommended by the 
Boards of Fire Underwriters throuyliout 
the country, and are recoijnized by the 
trade as the standard insuhuing joint. 

Telepbop? Boston 3645 ■ 



L MARTIN S CO, 
CARPENTERS »« BUILDERS, 



Office, Hathaway Building:, Room 93, 



620 ATLANTIC AVENUE, 



BOX 754. 



Builders' and Contractors' Association. 



Jobbing: promptly attended to. 



17() A HALF CEXTURV OF BOSTON'S BUILDING. 

Granite ............... 60 

Marble and limestone ............. 40 

Sandstone ............... 30 

In cases where pnorer mortar is used, to avoid stain from cement, stresses to be less than 
aliove, and to be apjiroved b\' inspector. 

In ashlar-faced work no allowance over strength of brickwork is to be made for ashlar less 
than eiglit inches thick. For eight indies thick and over, the excess over four inches sliall be 
allowed. 

BKIc'KWOl.'K. 

Sfri'tisi>s IN Tons iif Tii-ii Tlioiixanil I'minds p^r S'jiifii'f Foof. 

First-class work, of hard-biirned bricks, and including piers in which height does not exceed 
six times the least dimensions, laid in — 
(</) One part cement, two parts sand .......... 15 

(//) One part cement, one part lime, and eight ])arts sand ...... 12 

((') Lime mortar .... ......... 8 

Brick piers of hard-lnirned bricks, in which height is from six to twelve times the least 
dimension. 

Mortar "a" 13 

Mortar ''b" 10 

Mortar '• c " 7 

For '• light hard " bricks, stresses not to exceed two-thirds of above. 

I.\ GEXER.\L. 

Stresses for materials and forms of same, not herein mentioned, shall be those determined 
by best modern authorities. 

QUALITY OF JI.\TERIALS. 

All materials are to be of good (piality for the purpose for which they are to be used, are 
to conform to legal, trade, and manufacturers' standards, and to be subject to the approval of 
the inspector. 

MOItTAKS. 

All mortars shall be made with such proportion of sa.nd as will ensure a proper degree of 
cohesion and tenacity, ami sec^ure thdrough adhesion to the material with which tliey are to be 
used, and the insjiector shall condemn all moitars not so made. The following rules must be 
conijjlied with : 

Mortar below level of .water shall be no jinoi-er than one part cement and two parts sand. 

IMortar for first-class buildings shall for ouedialf their height be no poorer than one jiart 
cement, two parts sand, al)0ve, ecpial parts of cement and lime, and the proper proportion of 
sand. 

Jlortar for second-class buildings, and for such parts of third-class buildings as are below 
the level of the sidewalk, shall be no poorer than equal parts of lime and cement, with a 
proper jiroportion of sand. 

^lortar for third-class buildings above ground shall be no poorer than the best lime mortar. 

E.Kceptions by the inspector may be made for mortar used in setting stone where cement 
will stain. 



ADVERTISKMENTS. 



Bosto9 

166 

DEVONSHIRE 

STREET. 





Qompapy, 



Room 31, 



BOSTON, MASS. 






i±zr' 



Manufacturers of Porous Wares for Floor Arches, Partitions, Furring for Outside 
Walls, Roofing Tiles, and Covering for Boilers. 

SEND FOR CATALOGUE. 

FACTORY. SCHOOL STREET, REiZERE, MHSS. 





Special attention f)ivcn to House Drainage 




and \enlilation. 


M. 0. KEARNEY, 




ROBERT F. BROWN, 


Practical Plumber, 




Gas Fitter and 


. PLUMBER . 


Sanitary Engineer. 


18 CAMBRIA ST., BACK BAY 


4 BLOSSOM STREET, 


OT-i\ POLICE STATION l6. 


Boston. - Mass. 


Telephone 250 " Treraont." BOSTON. 




Orders Promptly Attended To. 



178 A HALF (EXTrKV OF BOSTOx's BlILDIX*;. 

WOODEX BlILDIXliS WITHIX BUILDIXG LIMITS. 

Sect. 20. Xo alteration or repairs shall be made on any third-class building within the 
building limits without a permit from the inspector of buildings, and no permit to increase the 
height or area of any such building shall be granted. Xo permit for the alteration or repair 
of a third-class building within the limits shall be granted if the cost of the proposed alteration, 
using new materials, exceed fifty per cent, of the cost of renewing the building.* 

Sect.- 21. Xo third-class building within or without the building limits shall be moved to 
anj- position within said limits, except that a third-class building within said limits mav be 
moved to another position on the same lot, by permission of the inspector.f 

POWERS OF CITV COUXCIL. 

Sect. 22. The city council of said cit}- maj- by ordinance make such requirements, in 
addition to those contained in this act, as the}' may deem expedient in relation to the erection 
and alteration of wooden buildings outside the building limits. 

first-class buildixgs. 

Sect. 23. A first-class building sliall consist of non-inflammable material tliroughout, with 
floors constructed of iron or steel beams tilled in between with terra-eotta or other masonrj- 
arches, excejit that wood may be used for imder and upper floors, window and door frames, 
sashes, doors, standing flnish. hand rails for stairs, necessary sleepers bedded in concrete, and 
for isolated furring blocks bedded in the plaster. There shall be no air space between the toj) 
of any floor arches and the floor boarding, and no air space behind any woodwork. 

Sect. 24. Every building hereafter erected over seventy feet higli shall be a flrst-elass 
building : and this provision shall apply to all buildings hereafter increased in height to over 
seventy feet. Every building liereafter erected or enlarged or converted to use as a hotel, for 
tlie accommodation of guests, and containing more than fifty rooms aliove the first floor, shrdl 
be a first-class building. t 

Sect. 2o. Xo building or other structure hereafter erected, except a church spire, shall be 
of a height exceeding two and one half times the width of the widest street on which the 
luiilding or structure stands, whether such street is a public street or place, or a private way 
existing at the passage of this act or thereafter approved as j^rovided by law, nor exceeding 
one hundred and twenty-flve feet in any case; such width to be the width from the face of the 
building or structure to the line of tlie street on the other side, or if the street is of uneven 
width, such width to be tlie average width of the part of the street opposite the building or 
structure. If the effective width of tlie street is increased by an area or set-back the space 
between the face of the main building and the lawfully established line of the street may be 
built upon the height of twenty feet.§ 

exiavatiox. 

Sect. 26. Every portion of everj- structure in process of constriiction, alteration, repair, 
or removal, and evory neigliboring structure or portion thereof afl^eeted by such process, or by 
any excavation, shall be properly constructed and sutticiently supported during such process. 
The insjjector may take such measures as the public safety requires to carry this section into 

* Chapter 44:i, Section (i, LS'.U. t Chapter Ho, Section 7, is;i4. } Cliapter 44:1, Section 8. Ism. § Cliapter 44:i. 
Section !>, IS'.U. 



ADVERTISEMEXTS. 



179 



merchants',, 
Hotel, 

No. 13 CHANGE AVENUE, 

Between STATE STREET, 

and FANEUIL HALL SQUARE, 

BOSTON. 



H. W. Cottle, Proprietor. 



L. FOSTER MORSE, 



KUCTIONEER, 



* Rczil . Estaite, 



INSURANCE. 



56 Warren Street, 



BOSTON. 



A. A. ELSTON & CO. 



Contractors for 



Tearing Down and Removal of 

OLD BUILDINGS. 

Buildings Razed and Femoved in the Shortest Time. 

All Kinds uf BIII.UINU .M.iTERIAL Bought aud Solil. 



YARD AND STOREHOUSE, 

Broadway, Corner Sixth Street, 

CAMBRIDGE. 
Office, 166 Devonshire St., BOSTON. 

TELEPHONE, 120 SOMERVILLE. 

fome Buildings Torn Down by A. A. ELSTON & CO. 

Tremont House, Marlboro Hotel, Adams House, Eoylsion 
Market, Stock Exchange, Arlington Mills, Lawrence ; On site of 
new Court House, State House, Public Librarj-, .Ames Building, 
Fisk Building, Bell Telephone Building, Nites Building. 

I. SILBERSTEIN^ 



J. SHOOLMAN, 



Carpenters, Builders, 



AND CONTRACTORS. 



All Orders Promptly Attended To. 



Residence, 2 MILTON ST., 



BOSTON. 



180 A HALF CEXTUKY OF ISOSTOx's BUILDIXG. 

effect, and any expense so incurred may be recovered Ijy the city from tlie owner of the 

defective structure. 

riLixc. 

Sect. 27. Where the nature of the ground requires it, all hiiildings shall be supjjorted 
on foundation piles, not more than tliree feet ajiart on centres in the direction of the wall, 
and the number, diameter, and bearing of such piles shall be sufficient to support the super- 
structure proposed. The walls of buildings over seventy feet in height shall rest, where the 
nature of the ground permits, upon at least three rows of piles, or an equivalent number of 
piles arranged in less than three rows. The inspector shall determine the grade at which the 
jiiles shall be cut. All piles shall be capped with block granite levellers, each leveller having 
a firm bearing on the jiile or piles it covers. The inspector may require any applicant for 
a permit to ascertain by boring the nature of the ground on which he proposes to build.* 

FOUXDATIOXS. 

Skct. 28. The walls and piers of every building shall have a foundation; the bearing of 
which shall be not less than four feet below any adjoining surface exposed to frost, and such 
foundation, with tlie superstructure which it sup[iorts, shall not overload the material on 
which it rests. t 

Sect. 2'.). The inspector of buildings shall designate in every permit for the erection of 
a new building, tlie lowest grade at which the cellar bottom of such building may be laid.t 

Sect. 30. Foundations shall be built of rubble, block granite, or brick, laid in mortar, as 
provided in sectioft nineteen. Foundation walls of rubble shall not be used in buildings over forty 
feet in lieight, except third-class Iniildings outside the limits. "Where rubble is used, two-thirds 
of the bulk of the wall shall be built of through stone, thoroughly bonded. No round or 
bowlder stime shall be used, and if tlie foundation is on piles, the lower course shall be of 
block stone not under sixteen inches high. Foundations of rublde shall be twenty-five ])er 
cent, thicker than is re(juired for granite foundations. Foundations of block granite shall be 
at least eight inches thicker than the walls next above them to a depth of twelve feet below 
the street grade; and for every additional ten feet, or part thereof, deeper, they shall be 
increased four inches in thickness. Foundations of brick shall be at least twelve inches thick, 
and at least four inches thicker than the walls next alxive them to a depth of twelve feet 
below the street grade; and for every additional ten feet, or part thereof, deeper, they shall be 
increased four inclies in thickness. Foundations shall be thick enough to resist any lateral 
pressure, and the inspector may order an increase of thickness for that purpose. The footing 
shall be of stone or concrete, or both, ov of concrete and stepped-up brii-kwork, of sutficieiit 
thickness and area to safely liear the weight to be imposed thereon, and to properly distriliute 
such weiglit upon the surface on which it rests. If of concrete, the concrete shall not be less 
than twelve inches thick. If of stone, the stones shall not Ije less than sixteen inches in 
thickness, and at least twelve inches wider than the bottom width of the foundation walls, and 
at least twelve inches wider on all sides than the l)ottoiu width of any piers, columns, or posts 
resting upon them. All footing stones shall be well bedded, and laid crosswise, edge to edge. 
If stepped-u]i footings of brick are used in jilace of stone, above the concrete, the steps or 

« Chaiiter 44:'., Section 10, ISiU. t Chaiiter 44:;, Si-rtioii 11. 18(14. i Cliaptt-r 44:'.. Sectiuii iL'. 1S'.I4. 



ADVERTISKMENTS. 



181 



F. S. FROST. 



H. A. LAWRENCE. 



H. C. HARDXER, 



I1!.JL'SIlLJ:t^f^I1.5."^ Mathematical Instruments, 

COLORS, DRAWING PAPERS, BLUE PROCESS PAPERS, T-SQUARES, SCALES, 

CURVES, TRIANGLES, AND ALL KINDS OF ARCHITECTS" 

AND ENGINEERS' SUPPLIES AND 

ARTISTS' MATERIALS AND PICTURE FRAMES, 



FROST & ADAMS, 37 Cornhill, boston, mass. 

l.Ml'ORTKRS, WHOLESALE A>D KETAIL DEALERS. >>iv (Uitttlosuc Free on Applioation. 



W. F. FINNERAN, 




m 



Ventilation and Drainage of Buildings a Specialty, 



MORTON'S BLOCK, 



15 Hyde Park Avenue, 



FOREST HILLS. 



All orders will receive prompt attention. 



PETER SCHNEIDER, 



Carpenter and 



Contractor, 



16 EGLESTON STREET, 



JAMAICA PLAIN. 



BROWNVILLE, MONSON, 

PENN, RED, PURPLE, 

UNFADING GREEN 

AND SEA GREEN SLATES, 

ROOFING TIN, ZINC, 

SOLDER, NAILS, 

ELASTIC CEMENT, SNOW 

GUARDS, SHEET COPPER, 

ALL WEIGHTS & SIZES I 

DIMENSION COPPER 

FURNISHED 
AT SHORT NOTICE. 



West End Roofing Co. 

G. J. WILLIAMS, Propr. 

Roofing Contractors. 

Sealers in t^OOfePS' SUppliCS. 

232 and 234 CAMBRIDGE STREET, 
Boston, A\2vss. 



ROOFING FELT, 

TARRED PAPER, ROSIN 

SIZED AND SHEATHING 

PAPERS, 

ROOFING PITCH, ROOFING 

GRAVEL, 

GRAVEL BAGS, 

ROOFERS' KETTLES, 

BUCKETS, LADLES, MOPS. 

SCRAPERS, BARS. 4C. 



182 A HALF CEXTURY OF BOSTON's BUII.IJIXC. 

offsets, if laid in single courses, shall each not exceed one and a half inches: or if laid in 
double courses, then each shall not exceed three inches. 

( EI.LAKS. 

Sect. .'Jl. The cellar of every dwelling hereafter built on tilled or made land, or where 
the grade or nature of the ground requires, shall be sufficiently protected from water and damp 
by a bed at least two inches thick over the whole, of concrete, cement, and gravel, tar and 
gravel, or asphalt, or by bricks laid in cement. The space between any floor and the cellar 
bottom shall be Avell ventilated. No cellar or basement floor of any building shall be 
constructed below the grade of twelve feet above mean low water; provided, howerer, that the 
board of aldermen may, by license, subject to revocation by them at any time for sufficient 
reason of jiublic health, authorize cellar or basement floors to be constructed in buildings, no 
part of which is to be used as a dwelling, so much below said grade as they may designate in 
such license. All metal foixndations and all constructional ironwork under ground shall be 
protected from dampness by concrete, in addition to two coats of red lead, or other material 
approved by the inspector.* 

EXCAVATIOXS. 

Sect. .32. All excavations shall be so protected, by sheet i>iling if necessary, by the 
persons causing the same to be made, that the adjoining soil shall not cave in by reason of 
its own weight. It shall be the duty of the owner of every building to furnish, or cause to be 
furnished, such support that his building shall not be endangered by any excavation: provided, 
hdirever, that the owner of any building which is endangered by an excavation carried by an 
adjoining owner more than ten feet below the grade of the street, nmy recover the expense so 
caused of supporting such building from the jiarties causing such excavations to be made. All 
permanent excavations within the building limits shall be protected by retaining walls. In 
case of any failure to comply with the provisions of this section, the inspector may enter upon 
the jiremises and uuiy furnish such supjiort as the circumstances may require. Any expense 
so incurred iiuiy be recovered by tlie city from the parties required by law to furnish supp(.irt. 

in'AI.ITY OF KRICKWORK. 

Sect. 33. All brickwork shall be of merchantable, well-shaped bricks, well laid and 
beilded, and well-tilled joints, in mortar, as required by section nineteen, and well flushed up at 
every course with mortar. Bricks when laid shall be wet or dry, as the inspector may direct. 

Sect. 34. All walls of bi-ick, stone, or other similar material, shall be well built, 
jirojierly bonded and tied, ;ind laid with mortar, as rcipiired hy section nineteen. The inside 
four inches of any wall may, upon a speidal permit issued by the inspector, be built of hard- 
burnt, hollow, clay bricks, of (juality and dimensious satisfactory to the in.spector, and 
thoroughly tied and bonded into the wall. 

BOXDIXO CorRSES. 

Sect. '.)'■). Every ei:-;hth cnurse, at least, of a bri(d< wall shall be a heading or bonding 
course, except where walls are faced with face brick, in which case every eighth course shall be 
bonded with Flemish headers, or by cutting the corners of the face bricdc ami putting in 
diagonal lu'aders behind the same. 

* Clianter 44:'., Section 1:3, ism. 



JAMES SMITH, 
/T\aso9 . a^d . Builder, 

Box 233 Master Builders' Association, 
166 DEVONSHIRE STREET, 



ADVEKTISEMEXTS. 183 

TEIyEPHO>E (W. ME«TO>) -231. P. 0. BOX 23S. 



Room 56, 



BOSTON, 



MASS. 



Residence, 2 Melville Ave., Dorchester. 

South End Mechanical Wood 
Works ^ 



C. E. CLARK, 

Qarpei^ter a^d Builder, 



7S W. DEDHAM STREET, 



BOSTON, 



HENRY H. HUNT, 

Bailder and Gentractsr, 

Shop Near R. R. Crossing, 

WEST NEWTON, MASS. 



All Jobbing Promptly Attended To. 



BOSTON OFFICE, 



166 DEVONSHIRE STREET. 



ARTHUR W. SHEPHEARD, 



206 SUMMER STREET, 



SOMEI^VILLE, 



MASS. 



184 A HALF rEXTUP6Y OF BOSTOX's BUILDIXG. 

EXTERXAL VXD FAKTV WALLS OF BlMrK DWELLIXIi-IIOl'SES. 

Sect. .'iG. The exti'rnal and party walls above the foiiudation of dwelling-houses of the 
first or second class, hereafter built, not over twenty feet wide, or thirty-three feet high, or 
forty feet deep, shall be not less than eight inches thick. Such walls of dwellings of the first 
or second class hereafter built tliirty-three feet or over, but not over sixty feet high, shall be 
not less than twelve inches thick. Such walls of such dwellings sixty feet or over, but not 
over seventy feet high, shall be sixteen inches to the height of the top of the second floor, and 
twelve inches for the remaining height. Such walls of such dwellings seventy feet or over, 
but not over eighty feet high, -shall be twenty inches to the top of the second floor, sixteen 
inches to the top of the upper floor, and to within fifteen feet of the roof, and twelve inches 
the remaining height. Such walls of such dwellings of eighty feet or more in height shall 
have for the upper eighty feet the thickness required for biuldings between seventy and eighty 
feet in height, and every section of twenty-five feet or part thereof below such upper eighty 
feet shall have a thickness of four inches more than is recpiired for the section next above it. 

EXTERNAL AXD PARTY WALLS OF lUUlK BUILDIXCiS OTHER THAX U WELLINci-HOlSES. 

Sect. .37. The external and party walls above the foundation of every building of the first 
or second class hereafter built, other than dwellings, forty feet or less in height, shall be 
sixteen inches thick to the top of second floor, and twelve inches for the remaining height. 
Such walls of such buildings of forty feet or over, but not over sixty feet in height, twenty 
inches to the top of second floor, sixteen inches the remaining height. Such walls of such 
buildings of sixty feet or over, but not over eighty feet high, twenty-four inches to the top of 
the first floor, twenty inches to the toj) of the upper floor, and to within fifteen feet of the 
roof, and sixteen inches above. Such walls of such buildings of eighty feet or more in height 
shall have for the upper eighty feet the thickness required for Imildings between seventy and 
eighty feet in height, and every section of twenty-five feet or part thereof below such upper 
eighty feet shall have a thickness of four inches more ' than is re(|uired for the section next 
above it. 

vaulted WALLS. 

Sect. 38. Vaulted walls shall contain, exclusive of withes, the same amount of material 
as is recpiired for solid walls, and the walls on either side of the air space in a wall carrying a 
floor shall be not less than eiglit inches thick, and shall be securely tied together with ties not 
more than two feet apart.* 

Sect. 39. In reckoning the thickness of walls ashlar shall not be included unless it be at 
least eight inches thick. In walls required to be sixteen inches thick or over the full thickness 
of the ashlar shall be allowed; in walls less than sixteen inches thick only half the thickness 
of the ashlar shall be included. Ashlar shall be at least four inches thick, and jiropcrly held 
by metal clamps to the backing, or properly bonded to the same.t 

IROX OR steel external WALLS. 

Sect. 40. External walls may be built in ])art of iron or steel, anil when so built niay be 
of less thickness than is above required for external walls, provided such walls meet the 
requirements of this act as to strength, and provided that all constructional parts are wholly 
* Chapter 44:!, Section 14, ls;i4. ' Chapter 44o, Section 1"), 1S!I4. 



ADVEKTISEMENTS. 



ISi 





RMIBANKS. 



Hay, Goal, Railroad, Platform and Counter Scales, 




BEAMS, SPRING BALAX ES, SPLIT 

WOOD PULLEYS, COFFEE MILLS, 

ALARM MONEY DRAWERS, 

STORE AND RAILROAD TRUCKS, 

( OPYING PRESSES, WATER 

METERS. 




'S7CS 



BABBITT AND ANTI-FRICTION METALS. 
FAIRBANKS' RENEWABLE ASBESTOS SEAT GATE YALYES, RENEWABLE 
ASBESTOS DISC GLOBE AND ANGLE YALYES, YALYES FOR HIGH PRES- 
SURES, ASBESTOS PACKED BLOW-OFF COCKS FOR BOILERS, 
PRATT'S SWING CHECK YALYES, HANCOCK INSPIRATORS. 




The Fairbanks Company, "^ ^ 



77 <& 79 MILK STREET, 

Corner of Federal Street, 

BOSTON. 




18C A HALF CENTURY OF BO.STOn's liUILDIXG. 

protected from heat by lirirk or terracotta, or by plasteriii'^' tliree-quarters of an incli thick, 
with iron fnrring and wiring. 

PAKTV AXD BEARTXO I'AETITKJX WALLS OF JJIIICK BUILDIXGS. 

Sect. 41. In first and second class buildings all party and bearing partition walls above 
the foundation shall be of brick, and no such party or partition wall shall hereafter be furred 
with wood, but all such walls if plastered, shall be plastered on masonry or on metal lathing; 
prnvided, that wood furrings for nailings may be bedded flush in mortar, leaving no air space 
behind any woodwork. No wall in any second-class building shall be increased in height 
unless the entire building is so altered as to conform to the requirements of this act.* 

Sect. 42. In buildings hereafter built all party walls and the partition walls required by 
this act shall be built tlirough, and at least thirty inches above or distant from the roof 
boarding, at the nearest point: shall be entirely covered with stone or metal securely fastened, 
and corbelled to the outer edge of all projections ; prorlded, that a gutter stone of suitable 
dimensions and properly balanced may be inserted in plafe of the corbelling ; and prorided, 
further, that in the case of buildings not over forty-five feet in height the distance that any 
wall is carried above the roof boarding need not exceed twelve inches.! 

OPEXIXGS, RECESSES, AXI) lU'TTKESSES. 

Sect. 43. When openings or recesses, or both, occur in an external wall, or when buttresses 
are used, the piers shall be of sufficient strength to comply with the clauses of this act, 
prescribing strength of materials, and not less in thickness than is above specified, and no 
other portion of the wall shall be less than twelve inches thick in buildings under seventy feet 
in height, or less than sixteen inches thick in buildings seventy feet or over in height. 

Sect. 44. No recess, chase, or flue shall be made in any party wall so deep that it will 
leave the thickness at the back less than eight inches at any point, and no recess, chase, or flue, 
not vertical, shall be made without the special permit of the inspector. No vertical recess, 
other than flues, iu stacks, shall be nearer than seven feet to any other recess, unless by 
special permit of the insjiector. All flues in a party wall shall be lined with terra cotta flue 
linings, t 

TRUSSES, COLUMNS, AND GIRDERS. 

Sect. 45. First and second class buildings hereafter built shall have floor-bearing supports 
not over thirty feet apart. These supports may be brick walls, trusses, or columns and girders. 
Such brick walls may be four inches less in thickness tlian is required by this act for external 
and party walls of the same height, provided tliey comidy with the provisions of this act as to 
the strength of materials, but in no case less than twelve inches thick. When trusses are 
used, the walls upon which they rest shall b? at least four inches thicker than is otherwise 
required by sections thirty-six and thirty-seven, for every addition of tweuty-five feet or part 
thereof to the length of the tiaiss over thirty feet. 

BRICK partition WALLS, WHEN NECESSARY. 

Sect. 46. Second-class buildings hereafter liuilt shall be so divided by brick partition 
walls of the thickness prescribed for bearing partition walls, and carried thirty inches above 

» Chapter 4(!4, Section 2, IS'.W. Chapter 44.'!, Section Hi, 1S94. t Chapter 4i;4, Section 3, ISTO. { Chapter 443, 
Section 17, 1894. 



ADYERTISKMENTS. 



187 



ARTISTIC WROUGHT 



NEk50N,BR0TIHERS, f,„, „„,,3, 



MANUFACTURERS OF 



Fancy Wrought Iron 
Work, Chandeliers, 



GEM BICYCLES,! 



I Brackets, Lanterns, Lamps, 
Andirons, Fences, Etc. 



Estimates Furnished on Application. 

36 BEACH STREET, - BOSTON. 

Bicycles to Order and Repaired. 



W. L. CLARK & CO, 
Masons and Builders, 



Office, \r MILK STREET, 



Room 24, 



BOSTON. 



MASTER BUILDERS' ASSOCIATION, 



166 Devonshire Street. 



James H. Murphy 

ByiLBER, 



36 GOLDSMITH STREET, 



Jamaica Plain. 



M. J. KEANE, 

PRACTICAL^ PLUMBER 

ol-i Xrcrqont Street. 

0pp. Berkeley Street and Odd Fellows' Hall, BOSTON. 



188 A HALF CEXTIRY OF BOSTON'S BUILDIXO. 

the roof, that no space inside any sucli building sliall exceed in area eight thousand square 
feet, and no existing wall in any second-class building shall be removed so as to leave an area 
not so enclosed of more than eight thousand square feet ; i^rovkled, that in buildings having a 
height of not over forty-five feet, the height above the roof of the said brick partition walls 
need not exceed twelve inches.* 

WALLS now AXCHOKED. 

Sect. 47. All walls of a first or second class building meeting at an angle shall be united 
every ten feet of their height by anchors made of at least two inches by half an inch wrought 
iron sec\irely built into the side or partition walls not less than thirty-six inches, and into the 
front and rear walls at least one-lialf the thickness of such walls. 

OPEXIXGS IX PAETY WALLS. 

Sect. 48. Openings or doorways in party walls or in partition walls required by this act 
shall not exceed two in number for each floor, and the combined area of such openings on each 
floor shall not exceed one hundred square feet. Each opening must be provided with two sets 
of metal-covered doors separated by the tliickness of wall, hung to rabbeted iron frames, or to 
iron hinges in brick or iron rabbets ; proridcj, that this section shall not apply to theatres. 

(■OLUMXS. 

Sect. 40. Every column shall rest upon a cap or plate suftieient to properly distribute the 
load. Columns set one above another shall have proper connections. All bearing parts of 
columns or ])Uxtes shall be turned or pilaned to true surfaces. The inspector may require 
columns to be drilled for inspection. 

ITERS. 

Sect. 50. Piers and walls shall have caps or plates, where needed, sufficient to properly 
distribute the load. 

FIRE-PKOOFIXn. 

Sect. 51. All weight-bearing metal in first and second class buildings hereafter built 
shall be protected liy brick, terra cotta, or ])lastering on metal laths or furring, or other 
incombustible material approved by the l)oard of appeal: j/mriJa/, however, that the inspector 
may, with the approval of the board of appeal, authorize the omission of such jirotection from 
tiie whole or any part of said weight-licaring metal in one-story structures, or in buildings 
specially designed and constructed for a use which will destroy, nullify, or render useless 
such form of protection. t 

Sect. 52. Isolated upright sup[iorts of otiier material than brick, below the first floor in 
first and second class Imildiugs hereafter erected shall be protected by a jacket of l)rick or 
terra cotta, at least four inches thick, or by a coating of plaster one inch tlnck on wire or metal 
liitliing or otlier substantial fire-j]roof materiaLJ 

Sect. 5,'!. Partitions sui)p)orting floors or roofs sliall rest upim girders, trusses, oi- walls. 

COKXICKS. 

Sect. 54. AVhere a wall is finished with a stone cornice, the greatest weight of material 
of such cornice shall be on tlie insiile of the face of the wall. All cornices hereafter built or 
* Cliaptor 41)4, Seclioii 4, ISIi.'i. f Clidpter 4t:i, Section IS, 1.SII4. t Cliapter 44:i, Section I'.t, lSil4. 



JOHN MACK, Jr. 



A DVERTISEMENTS 
JAMES W. MOORE. 



189 



MACK & MOORE, 

MASONS & CONTRACTORS, 



Office, 15 COURT SQUARE, 



Rooms 62 and 63, 



New Smith Building:. 



BOSTON. 



Telephone 3780. 



Building Repairing, all Branches. 



JAMES J. GALVIN, 

Mason and Builder, 



16 ST. GERMAINE STREET, 



BACK BAY. 



E. W. MONAGHAN, 



Mason and Plasterer, 



86 AUCKLAND STREET, 



DORCHESTER. 



TH8MAS G8ND8N, 

(^optraetor a^d Builder, 



ESTIMATES FURNISHED. 



All kinds of Jobbing promptly attended to. 



JUNCTION BIRCH & BRANDON STS., 



ROSLINDALE. 



MASS. 



RESIDENCE, 88 BIRCH STREET. 



190 A HALF CEXTUKY OF BOSTOX's BUILDIXr:. 

replaced shall be of lirick or other incomb'.istible niateri il, and the walls shall b' parried up to 
the boarding of the roof; and where the cornice projects above the roof the masonry shall be 
carried up to the top of the cornice and covered with metal, like parapet walls. 

FLOOKS. 

Sect. on. All new or renewed floors shall be so constructed as to carry safely the weight 
to which the pro])osed use of the building will subject them, and every permit granted shall 
state for what purpose the building is designed to be used; but the least capacity per sujier- 
fieial square foot, exclusive of materials, shall be : — For floors of dwellings, fifty pounds. For 
office floors, one hundred pounds. For floors of public buildiugs, one hundred and fifty 
])ounds. For store floors, floors of warehouses and mercantile buildings of like character, drill 
rooms and riding schools, at least two Inindred and fifty pounds. The weight for floors not 
iui-luded in this classification shall be determined by said inspec-tor, subject to appeal as pro- 
vided by law.* 

Sf.i't. 50. In every building hereafter built or altered, there shall be posted and main- 
tained in every room used for mechanical or mercantile purposes, the inspector's certificate of 
the weight-bearing capacity of the floor. Xo part of any floor of such room shall be loaded 
beyond its cajiacity as certified. • 

KOOF Ayi> FLOOR TIMBERS. 

Shot. 57. All roof or floor timbers entering the same j)arty wall from opposite sides shall 
have at least four inches solid brickwork between the ends of said timbers. 

Sect. 58. The ends of all wooden floor or roof beams in first and second class 
buildings shall enter the wall to a depth of at least four inches, unless the wall is properly 
corbelled so as to give a bearing of at least four inches ; and the ends of all such beams shall be 
so shaped or arranged that in case of fire they may fall without injury to the wall. 

Sect. 59. Each floor in first or second class buildings shall have its beams so tied to the walls 
and to each other with wrought-iron strajjs or ancliors at least three-eighths of an inch thick 
by one and one-half inch wide, as to form continuous ties across the building not more than 
ten feet apart. AValls running parallel or nearly parallel with floor beams shall be properly 
tied once in ten feet to the floor beams by iron straps or anchors of the size above siiecified. 

HE.iDEKS A XI) TRIMMERS. 

SiccT. GO. Every wooden header or trimmer more than four feet long, carrying a floor 
load of over seventy pounds per S(juure foot, shall, at connections with other beams, be hung 
in stirrup irons and joint bolted. All tail beams and similar beams of wood shall be framed 
or hung in stirru]) irons. All iron beams shall liavS proper connections. 

Sect. 61. Cutting for piping or other purposes shall not be done so as to reduce the 
strength of the supporting imrts below that required by the ]irovisions of this act. 

Sect. 62. Xo jiart of any floor timber shall be within two inches of any chimney. Xo 
studding or furring shall lie within one inch of any chimney. 

Sect. (5.3. Every second-class building hereafter built, except as hereinafter provided, 
shall have a sufficient fire-stop at each floor, covering the whole floor of each story through all 
stud partitions and extending to the masonry walls. Every air-duct, except those expressly 
* Cliaiiter 280, 1893. Approved April 17, IS'.i."). 



ADVKlvTI.SEJIEXTS. 



191 



The American Fire-Proofing Co. 

Sole Owners and Hanufacturers of 

SALAMANDER 



J. Q. Merrill's Patent 



riRE^PROor eoriP25iTioN 

■ ^"R Riiildings 

iJSEiD as linin^i between Floors and upon 
Walls, Ceilings, Elevators, and Light 
Shafts, Boiler Rooms, Doors, Shutters, etc. 
it is Air, Dust, and Vermin Proof, and a 
Sound-deadener. 

166 Devonshire Street, Room 49, 

Master Builders' Association Euilding:, j*^ BOSTON, MASS. 

W. D. Lombard, General Manager. 

J. M. HAZEN, General Western Agent, S41 Lumber Exchange, Minneapolis, Minn. 





Jobbers 8r ReKailers of 



% 



m 




M A CMANDLE/f 
OFBAPBFff 



V»^ ^^6b. 'f^ - N £. Agents 

■''^'' ^.e^'^'^^oy "^ PrescoU's Trackless OoorHan^er^ 

'^ ^^€^s^^^T%^'' ; 15;8:I7 ELIOTST., 

\>§^t^ll>--^- ■ .Boston, 



J92 A HALF CENTURY OF BOSTOx's BUILDIXG. 

sanctioned Ijy tliis act, shall be effectually stopped at each story. Every such lire-stop shall 
consist of a solid, air-tight cohesive layer, at least one inch thick, of tile, brick, terra cotta, or 
like fire-made material, plaster, cement, cindei', or ashes, or of a combination of the same, or of 
equallj' nou-infiammable, non-heat conducting materials, laid between the upper and under 
floors, or occupying all the space between the timbers under the under floors; procidi'd, that all 
second-class buildings, hereafter erected of forty-five feet or more in height, wliicli are used 
above tlie first floor as storage stores, warehouses, or stores for the storage and sale of 
merchandise, shall have a tight splined or tongued and grooved under floor of 
,at least two-inch plank, with an upper floor one-inch thick, matched and breaking joints, 
and in such buildings fire-stops need not be used ; and in all second-class buildings of the 
character described, all stairways shall be enclosed in walls or shafts of non-inflammable 
material, and all openings in said walls or shafts shall be provided with metal-covered doors 
hung to rabljeted iron frames with irou tliresholds. The foot of each partition, and of each 
tier of studding or furring, shall be filled solid between the uprights to the full widtii 
thereof, and to the height of six inches above the floor, with the same incombustibles 
as above prescrilied for fire-stops, or some combination thereof. The spaces between such 
parts of floor joists as rest upon partition heads shall be filled with the materials above 
reciuired. The spaces between stringers of staircases and joists of landings, unless 
unceiled, shall be so stopped with some of the incombustibles above mentioned, at three jilaces 
at least in every flight of st.iirs, as to prevent the passage of air.* 



Sect. G4. Xo part of the roof of any first or second class building hereafter built over 
sixty feet high, to be used for mercantile, manufacturing, or storage purposes, or as a theatre, 
hotel, aiiartnient-house, or office building, shall have a pitch of over twenty degrees. All new 
or renewed roofs shall be so constructed as to bear safely, in addition to the weight of the 
material, twenty-five pounds per superficial foot of area covered with proper additional 
allowance for a horizontal wind pressure of thirty jjounds per square foot. All thin glass 
skylights upon roofs shall be covered by a-wire netting, when in tiie opinion of the inspector 
such protection is needed. f 

Sect. 65. The roof of every second-class building hereafter built shall be covered with 
tin, iron, slate, gravel, composition, or like substantial roofing material not readily inflammable ; 
if such roof com]irises more than one story, or is over twenty feet in height in any part from 
the nearest floor, except in a church or drill shed one story in height, in which the top of the 
first floor is not more than six feet above the grade at the building, such roof shall be of the 
construction required for first-class buildings. 

METALLIC LEADERS. 

Sect. 6(3. All buildings over forty-five feet high shall have suitable water-tight metallic 
leaders, and all buildings shall have leaders sufficient to carry all the water to the street, 
gutter, or sewer, in such a manner as not to flow upon the sidewalk, or to cause dampness on 
any wall, yard, or area. 

» Cliapter 4(14, Section o, IS'.C. f Cliapter 44:'., Section '20, 18114. 



ADVERTISEMENTS. 



193 



Fratus Brothers, 



pLUiyiBERS, 



GAS FITTERS, 



Estimates Given on all New and Old Work. 



ALL ORDERS PROMI'TLV ATTENDED TO 
AND SATISFACTION (JUARANTEED. 



1 6 NOKTM CENTRE 5T[^EET, 

BOSTON. 

HENRY C. DUPONT, 

Cz^rpepter . 
. aod Builder, 

40 DUNDEE STREET, 

BACK BAY. 

Wholesale Dealer in Hard and Soft Lumber. 



CULLEN BROTHERS & CO. 

^ Masons, Builders 
" and Contractors . . 

Estimates ;|ivcn on plans for Ijuildintj 
of all Isinds and remodeling. 

JOBBING A SPECIALTY. 

ALL ORDERS PROMPTLY ATTENDED TO. 

Licensed Drain Layers. 

WM. T. CULLEN, EDW. T. CULLEN, 
21 Bmiitnii St.. 2 Harrison Park, 

Jflr^ftlCfl PUfllN. DORCHESTER. 

RICHARD A. WHITE, 

Practical Plumber 
and Sanitary Engineer. 

JOBBING PROMPTLY ATTENDED TO. 

Estimates Cheerfully Furnished. 

4 BOWER STREET, 



ROXBURY, 



MASS. 



Residence, 39 Bower Street. 



J 94 A HALF CEXTURY OF BOSTON'S BUILDIN(i. 

OBSERVATION STANDS. 

Sect. 67. No stagiiifj or stand for observation purposes sliall l)e constructed or occupied 
n]:)on the roof of any huildinij; in saiil city. 

_ CHIMNEYS. 

Sect. 68. ISTo chimney shall l)e corbelled from a wall more than the thickness of the wall, 
nor l>e liung from a wall less than twelve inches thick, nor rest upon wood. All chimneys 
shall be built of brick, stone, or other incombustible m iterial. Brick chimneys shall have 
walls at least eight inches thick, unless terra-cotta flue linings are used, in which case four 
inches of brickwork may be omitted. Other eliiraneys shall have walls at least eight inches 
thick, and shall have in addition a lining of four inches of brickwork, or a terra-cotta flue 
lining. The inside of all brick flues shall have stinck joints. No wood furring shall be used 
against any chimney or around any chimney in a fi.st or second class building, but the 
plastering shall be directly on the masonry rirou metal lathing. All chimneys sh.-dl be topped 
out at least four feet above the highest point of contact with the roof. No nail shall be driven 
into the masonry of any chimney.* 

FLUKS. 

Sect. 69. Flues of ranges and boilers, and other similar flues, shall have the outside 
exposed to the height of the ceiling, or be ))lastered directly upon the bricks. 

IlKAliTUS .\NI) TKIJIMER ARCHES. 

Sect. 70. All hearths shall be supjiorted by trimni'M- arches of bi-ick or stone; or be of 
single stones at least six inches thick, built into the chimney and supp irted by iron beams, one 
end of which shall be securely built into the masonry of a, (diimney or an adjoining wall, or 
which shall otherwise rest upon iiicond)ustible support. The brick jambs of every flrepl.ice, 
range, or grate opening, shall be at least eight inches wide each, and the backs of such openings 
shall be at least eight inches thick. All hearths and trimmer arches siiall h} at L-ast twelve 
inches longer on either side than the width of such openings, and at le.i^t eighteen inches wide 
in front of the chimney breast. Brickwork over fireplaces and grate openings shall be 
supported by proper iron bars, or brick or stone arches. 

Sect. 71. Every chimney flue in which soft coal or wood is burned shall be carried to a 
height sufficient to protect neighljoring buildings from fire and smoke. 

HOT-AIR AND SMOKE I'lI'ES AND REIIISTER BOXES. 

Sect. -72. No smoke-pi[ie shall ])roject through any external wall or window. No smoke- 
pipe shall pass through any wooden partition, without a soai}stone ring of the thickness of the 
partition, and extending four inches from the pipe, or a double metal collar of the thickness of 
the partition, with a ventilated air space of not less than four inches around the jjipe; nor 
shall be jdaced within eight inches of any wood unless such wood is pl.istere 1 and protected by 
a metal shield two inches distant from the wood, in which case the smoke-pipe shall not be less 
than six inches from the wood. The tops of all heating furnaces set in brick shall be covered 
with brick, supported by iron bars, and so constructed as to be perfectly tight; said covering 
to be in addition to and not less than six inches from the ordinary covering of the hot-air 
chamber. The tops of all heating lurnaces not set in brick shall be at least eight inches below 
» Chapter 443, Section 21, 1894. 



ADVERTISEMENTS. 



195 



J. F. ROGERS, 

Architect and 
Builder — . 

5 . FOLSOM . STREET. 
ROSLINDALE. 



SniTH BROTHERS 



Plain and Ornamental 



PLASTERERS, 



Builders' and Contractors' Association. 



IT OTIS STREET, 



BOSTON. 



Residence. Si Glenwav Street. Dorchester. 



Est»blisbe<l 18 70. 

M0R5E Brothers, 

Successors to G. P. Fisher, 

Tin-Plate & Sheet Ironworkers, 

tin roofing. 

Plu.mbing and G.as Fitting, 
Stoves, Ranges and Kitchen Furnishing Goods, 

HOT AIR FUBX.tCES Pl'T UP 
AXD BEP.VIRED. -^ 

85 . Merrimac . Street, 

Oft- P'tts St., BOSTON, MHSS. 

ESTiMATES CHEERFULLY GIVEN. 



BROWN BROS., 

Carpenters, Builders, 



AND CONTRACTORS. 



194 Poplar St., 



ROSLINDALE. 



MASS. 



196 A HALF CEXTTRY OF BOSTOX'S BUILDIXG. 

tlie nearest wooden beams or oeiling, with a sliield of tin plate made tight, suspended not less 
than two inches below such beams or ceiling, and extending one foot beyond the top of the 
furnaces on all sides. All hot-air register boxes hereafter placed in the floors or partitions of 
buildings shall be set in soapstone or equally incombustible borders not less than two inches in 
width, and shall be made of tin plate, and have double pipes and boxes properly fitted to the 
soapstone. Hot-air pipes and register boxes shall be at least one inch from any woodwork, 
and register boxes fifteen inches by twenty-five inches, or larger, and their connecting pipes, 
shall be two inches from any woodwork. The requirements of this section may be modified or 
dispensed with by the inspector, in first-class buildings. 

Sect. 73. No woodwork shall be placed within one inch of any metal pipe to be used to 
convey heated air or steam, unless such pipe is protected by a soapstone or earthen ring or 
tube, or a metal casing. 

SFTTIXc; OF nOILERS, FURXACES, ETC. 

Sect. 74. No boiL/r to he used for steam heat or motive power, and no furnace or hot- 
water heater shall be placed on any floor above the cellar floor, unless the same is set on 
non-combustible beams and arches, and in no case without a permit from the inspector. 
Every steam-boiler in a building to be used for office, mercantile or manufacturing purposes, 
or to be used as a lodging or tenement house, shall be enclosed in a fire-proof room of brick, 
terra cort i, stone, iron, or other similar incombustible material, with openings closed by 
metal-covered doors, hung to rabbeted iron frames, or to iron hinges in l)rick or iron rabbets. 
_N'o range, stove, oven, or boiler shall be used for cooking in a hotel or restaurant, or for 
manufacturing purposes, until the same has been examined and approved by the inspector.* 

Sect. 7o. In every second-class Imilding hereafter erected, all exterior parts more than 
forty-five fe.-t above the sidewalk, except window frame sashes and blinds, sliall be made 
of ni'-tal, stone, brick, or other e(pially incombustible material.t 

SHVTTERS. 

Sect. 76. Outside openings of the classes hereinafter sjiecificd, in any first or second 
(dass building of more tlian one story in height, hereafter built, or altered, and containing 
above the first story any room of over six hundred feet area, used for any purposes except 
domestic cooking, of great-r fire risk tban offices, counting-rooms, and dwelling-rooms, shall be 
protected by shutters. Such shutters shall be covered on both sides with tin, or made of other 
substantial fire-resistmg material, and hung on the outside, if practicable, and otherwise on the 
inside, either upon indepcnili-ut iron frames or upon iron hinges rabbeted to the masonry, and 
made to be han<iled ironi tlie outside. The above requirement shall apply to any opening in 
any such laiil ling, which opening is above and within thirty feet of the roof of another building, 
or within thirty fet of another opening in an opposite wall, or in a wall the outside face of 
which diverges at au angle of less than one hundred and thirty-five degrees from the outside 
hicc ot the wall ill which the opening is and leaves an open space between the openings and 
outside of the walls. 

ELEVATORS AXD HOISTWAYS. 

Sect. 77. Elevators or hoists for freight which do not pass the ceiling of the first story 
* CliaiJter 4ii+, Section G, IS'.i:!. t Cliupter +43, Section 22, WJl. Cliapter ilH, Section 7, ISiC 



AUVEKTISE.MEXTS. 



197 



CRDICKSHANK & TEED, 

Carpenters and Builders, 



1 CARLOS STREET, 



Or No. 3 Dorr Street, 



DORCHESTER. 



STEPHEN A. CLEAVES, 

PRACTICAL PLUMBER, 



AGENT FOR 



Richmond's Celebrated Furnaces 
and Ranges, 

FURNACES, RANGES & STOVES. 

GEIVERAL JOBBING. 

No. 631 WASHINGTON STREET, 
Dorchester District. 



Orders bj Mail Will KffetTe Prompt Attention. 



"yhe Best Known and Most Suc= 
cessful Museum in America. 

ESTABLISHED A. D. 1883. 

AUSTIN i STONE'S 

MysEVM 

TREMONT ROW, Scollay Square, - BOSTON. 

Hourly Stage Shows and all 
the Leading Curiosities of the 
WorlJ. 
OPEN DAY <& EVENING. 



to"a'L \^!"" 10 C ents. 

STONE & SHAW, - Sole Props, and Managers. 



O. E. FURBER. 



Builder and . . 



Architect, 



68 HUMBOLDT AVENUE, 



ROXBURY. 



MASS. 



O'-J 



19S A HALF lEXTURY OF BOSTOX's BUII.DIXG. 

may be constructed witliout, fire-proof enclosures above tlie basement. In existing bniblings 
(ir in biiil lings hereafter erecteil in compliance ^vitli this act, freight and passenger elevators 
without fire-proof enclosures may be placed in areas or liallways which are continuous and 
unbroken, no part being separated from another part by an intervening floor ; jjforidcd. that 
no additional draught of air is thereby created. In such buildings such elevators may pass 
through the first floor of any area or hallway; provided, a fire-proof enclosure be carried up 
to the first flour. Except as above provided, all shafts hereafter built for elevators, hoists, 
dumli-wait n's, lifts, light, and ventilating shafts or other air ducts, shall be constructed of, 
and if they do not pass the upper floor their tops shall be covered with, some substantial 
material not inflammable. All such shafts which pass the top floor shall be carried at least 
eighteen inches above the roof and be covered witli a skylight. Such shafts alreaily 
constructed, except lifts twenty-eight inches square or of less area, and except in dwelling- 
houses to be occupied by not more than one family, shall be lined with tin or plastered on 
wire latliing, or otherwise rendered non-inflammable on the inside. Such shafts liereafter 
built for freight and passenger elevators shall be of brick at least eight inches thick, or of 
metal covered on both sides with at least one inch of plaster applied immediately to the 
metil, or with some othei- eipially substantial non-inflammable non-conducting material. 
Every entrance opening in a shaft or hoistway within two and one-half feet above the floor 
shall be protected by sufticient rails, gates, trap-doors, or such other device as shall be 
eipuvaleiit thereto. Every elevator shall li.' jirovided with sdme other suflicient arrangement 
to prevent the falling of the car in case of accident. Overhead elevator machinery shall liave 
underneath it a grille sufficient to protect the car from falling material. Every ojjening 
inti) an elevatur shaft or hoistway, and every opening through a flom' other than a stairway, 
shall be closed when not in use. All inside elevator shaft-openings, other than openings in 
passenger-elevator shafts, shall be furnished with metal-covered doors hung to rabbeted iron 
frames, and shall have iron thresholds, and said doors shall be kept closed when not in use. 
Outside Avindows or openings of every elevator shaft shall have three vertical iron bars 
painted red, eipially dividing the opening. Every part of any elevator not enclosed in a 
shaft shall he protected l)y a wire grille. 

Sect. 7S. Xo elevator shall be used in any building until after written approval by the 
inspector. 

Sect. 7'.>. In case any freight or jiassenger elevator is not constructed and furnishel in 
coiniiliance with this act, or has become unsafe, the inspector shall post a conspicuous warning 
and ])rohibition at each entrance to such elevator. It shall thereafter, xmtil a new written 
permit is gi\en by the inspector, be a jienal ott'ence hereunder to operate said elevator, or 
remove or deface said notice. No freight or passenger elevator shall be ojjerated for more than 
six months after the date of the insi)ect()r"s permit, unless a certificate signed by some elevator 
builder that the elevator is safe and in good order has been furnished within six months, and 
is posted in the car or at the entrance. 

ACCESS TO ROOFS. 

Skct. so. All buildings over twenty feet high shall have permanent means of access to the 
roof from the inside. The opening shall be not less than eigliteen inches by thirty inches. 



ADVKKTISEMEXTS. 



199 



Hygienic Refrigerator, 

PATENTED JANUARY, 1893. 

THE FIRST OF THE KIND SO CONSTRUCTED THAT ALL PARTS 
USED CAN BE REMOVED FOR CLEANING. 



Compartments Entirely Separated. No Danger of Tainted Foods or Disagreeable 

Odors. Entire Construction of Walls consists of our Special Non-Conductive 

Material, making this the most effective Ice Saving Refrigerator extant. 



SOLD BY FIRST-CLASS DEALERS. 



SEND FOR CATALOGUE. 



MANUFACTURED AND SOLD BY 



COMPARTMENT^ 
REMOVED FOR 

CLI=4M1M -. CT . 



The Hygienic Refrigerator Co., l|g 

35 HHNOiZER ST.. BOSTON. MKSS. 





W. H. MORSE, 

Formerly . . . 
KING & MORSE, 

28 A^ERY STREET. BOSTON. 



Refrigerators on hand and to order. 



200 A ir.VLF CENTURY OF BOSTON'S BUILDINi;. 

EGEESS. 

Sect. 81. Every Imilding lipi-eat'tei' built, and every Imildiiig occupied by two or more 
families, or as a teueiiient, boarding or lodging house, or as a factory or \vorkshop. shall have, 
Avith reference to its height, condition, construction, surroundings, character of occupation, and 
number of occupants, sufficient means of egress in case of fire, satisfactory to said inspector.* 

Sect. 82. Every scliool-house t\yo stories or more high, every chnrch, theatre, public 
building, hall, jilace of assembly or resort, every building occupied above the second story bj- 
two or more families, or as a tenement, boarding or lodging house, or as a factory or workshop 
-where ten or more persons are employed, shall have at least two independent waj's of egress, 
each accessible from each apartment, and one of which shall be enclosed in brick walls, shall 
have no interior openings other than the doors of the apartments from which it is an exit, and 
shall be provided with a ventilating skylight which can be ciperated from the lower hall. All 
ways of egress from ever}' building shall be kei)t in good rejiair. No obstruction shall be placed 
upon any way of egress from any building. The inspector may permit stairways built for the 
purposes of complying Avith this section to project over public ways. 

Sect. 83. Any owner or lessee responsible for the condition of a building shall be entitled 
to a certificate, or if the original has been issired, an exhibition of the duplicate thereof on the 
inspector's records, to the effect that his building is provided with safe means of egress, if and 
whenever such is the case in the inspector's opinion. Any tenant of or person employed in any 
private buihling, and, in the case of any jaiblic building or public school, any citizen of 
Boston, shall be entitled to an exhibition of the inspector's record, and if no certificate has 
been issiied, may apply to have a certificate or order issued. 

Sect. 84. Xo explosive cu' inflammable compound or coinbustible material shall be stored 
or placed under any stairway of any building, or used in any such place or manner as to 
obstruct or render egress hazardous in case of fire. 

Sect. 85. The platforms, lamlings, and stairway steps of every fire-escape shall be strong 
enough to carry a load of seventy pounds to the sipiare foot in addition to the weight of 
material. 

r,AY-WINDOWS. 

Sect. 86. Except as provided in section eighty-two, no bay-window or other structure 
shall be placed upon any building so as to project over any public way or square, without the 
permission of the board of alderuien given after due notice and hearing, and then only in such 
manner as shall be ajiproved by tiie inspector. 

CNSAI-K BUILDINOS. ETC. 

Sect. 87. Every structure and part thereof, and appurtenance thereto, within the city of 
Boston, shall be so constructed an 1 maintained in such repair as not to be dangerous, and the 
owner of any premises within said city, upon notice from the inspector that such premises are 
dangerous, shall forthwith remedy the cause Of danger by removal or repair. In case public 
safety requires immediate acton, the inspector may forthwith, by repair or temporary 
protection, prevent danger; or may, subject to appeal as provided for in section thirteen, 

* Chaiiter dH, isno. 



ADVERTISEMENTS. 



201 




CI':as. a. Sinclair. 



Geo, G. Mann, 



500 ROOMS. 



SINCLAIR &. MANN. 
PROPRItTOBS. 



TELEPHONE, 1154, HAYMARKET. 



J. F. SLATTERY. 



SLATTERY & CO. 

MANUFACTURERS AND DEALERS IN 

Doers, Sashes, Blinds, 

GLAZED WINDOWS, 

Door and Window Frames, Mouldings, Glass 

AND ALL KINDS OF LUMBER. 

ir, 18& 19 Charlestown St., 

HAYMARKET SQUARE, BOSTON. 

Opp. Old Boston & Maine Depot. 



JOHN J, CRANITCH, 



Carpenter & Builder, 



No. 43 MILK STREET, 



BOSTON, MASS. 



ROOM 14. 



-02 A HALF CKXTl-KY OF BOSTOX's Brir.niXG. 

remove the dangerous structure; and his reasonabk^ and necessary expenses may be recovered 
by the city of Boston of the owner. 

Sect. 8S. Any buihling which, by defect, accident, decay, or overUiading. is unsafe, shall 
be vacated forthwith if and wlien tlie inspector shall so order, notwithstanding an appeal from 
such order be pending. Tlie inspector shall affix and maintain on the exterior of every 
such building a conspicuous notice of its character. The removing or rendering illegible 
of such notice shall be a jienal offence hereunder. 

Skct. 89. In case of any change, alteration, or addition not in the nature of ordinary 
repairs, renewals, or restorations, being required luider the terms of this act upon a building 
wholly or partly under lease containing no provision for such a case, the owner shall pay the 
expense, and may collect of the lessee an additional rent for the portion so leased etpial to 
eight per cent, per aunum on that proportion of the sum paitl wliich the leased portion bears 
to the whole building. 

THKATIiES. IHliLIC BUILDIXCiS. ETC. 

Sect. 90. Every building, except armories, and churches wherein the floor of the assembly 
hall is not more than seven feet above the grade at the principal entrance hereafter so built or 
altered as to contain an audience or assembly hall, capable of seating eight hundred persons 
or more, in sight or hearing of the stage, allowing the minimum width for aisles and corridors 
permitted by this act, and every theatre hereafter built, shall be a first-class building. In all 
theatres hereafter erected, the level of the stage above the street level shall not exceed tive 
feet. The audience hall and each compartment, division, and galler}- of every such building 
shall respectively have at least two independent exits, as far apart as may be. Every such 
exit shall have a width of at least twenty inches for every hundred persons ■which the hall, 
compartment, division, or gallery from which it leads is capable of containing: 2>rorit/e(l. tliat 
two or more exits of the same aggregate width may be substituted for either of the two exits 
above required. Xone of the exits above required shall be less than five feet wide.* 

Sect. 91. Every building of the classes referred to by section ninety hereafter built sh.all 
have a frontage as wide as the widest part of the auditorium or assembly hall, including side 
passages or lobbies, the whole width and height of which frontage shall be upon a street, court, 
passageway, or area open to the sky, and at least thirty feet wide opposite the entire frontage. 
Such court, passageway, or area shall have an unobstructed way at least thirty feet wide, either 
through a first-class building, without openings into any second or third class building, or 
wliolly open to the sky. connecting it with a public street at least thirty feet wide. There 
shall be at least one exit on this front which shall l>e in no case less than five feet in width, 
and of such greater width as an allowance of twenty inches for each one hundred persons 
which the building may at any time contain will in the aggregate require. There shall lie 
another independent exit of the same capacity, or independent exits of the same aggregate 
capacity, either through a rtrstn-lass building without openings into any second or third class 
building, or through a passageway open to the sky. All doors shall open outward, and shall 
not be so placed as to reduce the width of the passage above required. All aisles, stairways, 
and passages in sucli buildings shall be of even or increasing width toward the exit, at least 
seven feet high throughout, without obstnietiou below that height, properly arranged for the 
• Cliapter «;<, Section i!, 1S*U. 



ADVEKTI.SKMENTS. 



20ti 



McNEIL BROTHERS, 



BuWdlqq (5oi)traetors, 



i66 DEVONSHIRE STREET, 



Telephone Connection. 



Boston, Mass. 



MILL AT HARRISON SQ. 




Joseph Ufheil & Co. 

Artificial Stone 
Asphalt Work, 

ARTIFICIAL STONES LAID DIAMOND SHAPE 
ALL COLORS ^ 

Chimney Caps, Wall Caps, 

Cellars, Sidewalks, Garden Walks, Roofs, Stable 

Floors, Hall Ways, Fkjors for Breweries, 

Malt Houses, Etc 

Office, 25 FANEUIL HALL SQ., 

Rc:)OM 6. BOSTON, MASS. 



John A. Stetson. 



Herbert O. Stetson. 



A. M. Stetson & Co, 

Coal, Wood and Lumber, 



MASONS' MATERIALS, 



STETSON'S WHARF, 

First Street, Foot of I St. 

Office, 44 KILBY ST., 
BOSTON. 



204 A HALF CENTURY OF BOSTON'S BUILDING. 

easy egress of the aiidienee, ami of a width in respect of each division, tjallery, or compartuient, 
computed according to the above rule. No aisle or passage in such building rising toward its 
exit, except stairways from story to story and necessary steps in galleries and balconies, shall 
have a gradient within the auditorium of more than two in ten, nor elsewhere of more than 
one in ten. 

Sect. 92. In buildings of the classes referred to in section ninety hereafter built, the cut 
of the stair stringers shall not exceed seven and tme-lialf inches rise, nor be less than ten and 
one-half inches tread. Xo winders shall be less than seven inches wide at the narrowest part. 
There shall be no flights of more than fifteen or less than three steps between landings. 
Every landing shall be at least four feet wide from step to step. 

Sect. 93. All stairs and landings of all buildings of the classes referred to liy section 
ninety hereafter built shall have throughout proper hand rails on both sides firmly secured to 
walls, or to strong posts and balusters. Stairways twelve feet or more wide shall have one or 
more intermediate rails not more than eight feet apart and pn-operly supported. 

Sect. 04. Xo boiler, furnace, engine, or heating apparatus, except steam or hot-air pjipes 
and radiators, shall be located under the auditorium nor under any passage or stairway of any 
exit of any building of the classes referred to by section ninety. 

Sect. 95. The lights for the rear of the auditorium, and for all passages and stairways of 
exits of every building of the classes referred to by section ninety, hereafter built, shall be 
independent of the lights of the rest of the auditorium and of the platform or stage, and sliall 
be so arranged that they cannot be turned down or off from the platform or .stage. 

Sect. 96. All exits from every building of the classes referred to by section ninety shall 
be openeil for the rise of every departing audience; and shall have fastenings on the inside 
only. Plans showing the exits and stairways shall be printed on every programme or playbill. 

Sect. 97. No temporary seats or other obstriictions shall be allowed in any aisle, 
passageway, or stairway of a building of the classes referred to by section ninety, and no person 
shall be allowed to remain in any aisle, passageway, or stairway of any such building during 
any performance. 

Sect. 98. The stage of every theatre hereafter built shall be separated from the 
auditorium by a l.irick wall sixteen inches thick, which wall shall extend the entire width and 
height of the building, and two feet six inelies above the roof, like a party wall. There shall 
be no openings through this wall except the curtain opening, and not more than two others, 
which shall be located at or below the level of the stage ; these latter openings shall not exceed 
twenty-one superficial feet each, and shall have tinned wood self-closing doors, securely 
hung to rabl)eted iron frames or rabbets in the brickwork. The finish or decorative features 
around the curtain opening of every theatre shall be of incombustible materials, well secured to 
masonry. All scenerj-, curtains, and woodwork of the stage of every theatre sliall be thoroughly 
covered, and, if practicable, saturated with fire-resisting material. No fixed portion of the 
stage shall be of wood. 

Sect. 99. There shall be lobbies adjoining each division of the auditorium of every 
theatre hereafter built, separated therefrom by a partition of brick or other equally incombustible 
material, and sufficiently large to furnish standing room for all jiersons that such division may 
at any time contain. There shall l)e no openings in such partition except such as are reipiired 
by section ninety, ami such o2)enings shall not be more than eight feet high. 










BUrLDIXliS OF J3. A. ATKIXSOX & CO., 

w A s 1 1 1 N ( ;t(>x stke?; r. 



-i. 



OLD COLONY STATION', X. V., X. H. .t II. K. R., 
Iv X !■: V. L A X n S T [{ E K T . 





llli: IIK.MKXWAY ];i]LD]Xi:. TIJEMOXT AXD COUIJT .STKKKTS. 



ADVERTISEMEXTS. 205 



CARL F. MONK, 

. Builder . 



OFFICE, CORNER NORFOLK ST. <& MOUNTAIN AVE., 

Dorchester. 



Boston Office, Room 82, Albion Building. I Beacon Street. 

TELEPHONE CONNECTION. 



PARK THEATRE, 



JOHN STETSON, 

Proprietor & Manag'er. 



619 U/a 51719(51:00 Street, i^ear BoylstoQ. 



Playing Only F1R5T=CLASS STARS 



AND COMBINATIONS 



FALL AND WINTER SEASON, 1895-6. 

Beginning August 26. 



206 A HALF rENTURY OF BOSTOX's BUILDING. 

Sect. 100. The prosceiiiuni or cuvtain opening of eveiy theatre shall have a fire resisting 
curtain of incombustible material, re-enforced by wire netting, or otherwise strengthened. If 
of iron, or similar heav_y material, and made to lower from the top, it shall be so contrived as 
to be stopped securely at a height of seven feet above the stage floor ; the remaining opening 
being closed by a curtain or valance of iire-resisting fabric. Such curtain shall be raised at 
the beginning and lowered at the end of each and every performance, and shall be of jiroper 
material, construction, and mechanism. 

Sect. 101. All scene docks, carpenter or property shops, and wardrobes of every theatre 
hereafter built shall be separated from the stage, auditorium, and dressing-room divisions by 
solid brick walls not less than twelve inches thick, with no openings to the auditorium or 
dressing-room divisions ; and all openings to the stage shall have tinned wood self-closing 
doors, securely hung to rabbets in the brickwork. 

Skot. 102. All rooms in theatres for the use of persons employed therein shall have at 
least two independent exits. All stage gaslights shall be protected by projjcr nettings. 

Sect. 103. There shall be one or more ventilators near the centre and above the highest 
portion of the stage of every theatre, equal in combined area of opening to one-tenth of the area 
of stage floor. Every such ventilator shall have a valve or louvre so counterbalanced as to 
ojien automatically, and shall be kept closed, when not in use, by a cord reaching to the 
promjiter's desk, and readily operated therefrom. Such cord shall be of combustible material, 
and so arranged that if it is severeil the ventilator will open automatically. 

Sect. 104. There shall be at least two two-inch high-service standpipes on the stage of 
every theatre, with ample i)rovision of hose and nozzles at each level of the stage on each 
side, and the water shall be kept turned on during the occupation of the building by any 
audience. The said pipes shall have two gates, one above the other, with a proper test or 
waste valve; the lower gate to be kept open at all times. The ]iroscenium opening of every 
theatre shall be provided with a two and one-half inch perforated iron pipe or etpiivalent 
equipment of automatic or oj)en sprinklers, as the inspector may direct, so constructed as to 
form when in ojiei'atidu a complete water curtain for the entire proscenium opening, and there 
shall be for the rest of the stage a complete system of tire apparatus and perforated iron pipes, 
automatic or open sprinklers. Said pipes or sprinklers shall be supplied with water by high- 
pressure service, and lie at all times ready for use. 

Sect. 105. Every hall, auditorium, or room of every building hereafter erected for or 
converted to use as a school-house, factory, theatre, or place of public assembly or entertainment 
shall liave in continuiius operation wlule oceuitied a system of ventilation ^o contrived as to 
provide fifty cubic feet per minute of outer air for each light other than an electric light for 
each occupant. 

TKXEJIEXT A.XK L0Di;lX(; HOUSES. 

Sect. 10(3. Every building in the city of Boston hereafter built, any portion of which is to 
be occupied aljove the second story by more than one family, shall be a first or second class 
building, and every building hereafter erected or enlarged, to be occupied as a lodging-house, 
a tenement-house, or dwelling-house, with a height of sixty-five feet above the cellar bottom, 
anil every such building when the basement or first story is occupied for other than domestic 



ADVERTISEMENTS. 



?07 



Walter S. Sampson, 



(Successor to Sampson, Clark & Co.) 



Mason. 



MASTER BUILDERS' ASSOCIATION, 



166 Devonshire Street, 



53 STATE ST., ROOM 934, 



TEL. 1025. 



BOSTON. 



Telephone No. 604 Haymarket.- 



Nicholas White, 

BUILDER, 



Room 83, ALBION BUILDING. 



Cor. Tremont and Beacon Sts., 



BOSTON. 



CRAWFORD & YOUNG, 

plumbers, 

HND SHNITHRY ENGINEERS. 

18 POST OFFICE SQUARE, 

321 WARREN STREET, 

BOSTON. 



Crawford House. 



EUROPEAN PLAN. 



Scollay Square, Boston, Mass. 

Crawford Hoqsc, ccntrall'f located for all 
Depots. Tbeatres, 3ti'eet Cars, and 
points of interest. All modern im- 
provements. Ti)oroagI)lv first-class. 



Qoodwin & Rimbach, Propr's, 



208 A HALF CEXTUEY OF BO.STOn's BUILDIXG. 

purposes, sluill have the basement and first story constructed in the manner provided for 
a first-class buikling in section twenty-three of this act.* 

Sect. 107. The exterior walls of every building hereafter erected for or converted to use 
as a tenement or lodging house, and not having an exposure or an oj)en space, street, court, 
or passageway more than twenty feet in width shall not exceed thirty feet in height. 

Sect. 108. ISTo building hereafter erected for or converted to use as a tenement or 
lodging liouse, and no building hereafter enlarged for said purposes, shall occupy above the 
level of the second floor more than thi-ee-fourths of the area of the lot measured to the middle 
line of the street or streets, or passageways, on which it abuts. Every such building shall 
have on at least two exposures, on land of the owner or as part of public ways, open spaces 
of at least ten feet in width, which spaces shall have an aggregate length of one foot for 
every twenty-five- square feet of superficial area actually occupied by the building. Such 
spaces shall be open to the sky, and shall remain landiminished so long as the building is 
occupied as a tenement or lodging house. 

Sect. 109. Every existing tenement or lodging house shall have in every sleeping-room, 
not communicating directly with the external air, two ventilating or transom windows of not 
less than six square feet area each, one opening into another room or passage having an external 
window of not less than six square feet area, with movalile sashes. No transom window shall 
be placed in a j)artition wall enclosing a main stairway. 

Sect. 110. Every room in every tenement or lodging house hereafter built, and in every 
building hereafter altered to be used as such, shall be not less than eight feet in height in the 
clear in every story, except that in the attic it may be less than eight feet high for one-half 
the area of the room. Every such room shall have one or more windows on an open-air space 
with an area at least one-tenth as great as that of the room. The top of at least one window 
on such air space in each room shall be at least seven feet six inches from the floor, and the 
upper sash of the same window shall be movable. 

Sect. 111. Xo building of which any part is used for storage or sale of hay, straw, 
hemp, flax, shavings, burning-fluid, turpentine, camphene, or any inflammable oil or other 
highly combustible substance, shall be occupied in any part as a dwelling, tenement, or 
lodging house, except that rooms for coachmen or grooms may be allowed in private stables 
authorized by this act, upon special permit from the inspector. 

Se<t. 111'. AH receptacles for ashes, waste, and other substances, liable, by spontaneous 
combiistion or otherwise, to cause a fire, shall be made of incombustible material satisfactory 
to tlie inspector. Every building used as a tenement or lodging house shall have outside and 
apjiurtenant to it a suitable space satisfactory to the inspector for the temporary deposit of 
garbage and other refuse matter. 

Sect. 11.'5. Every lodging-house containing over fifty rooms above the first floor, and 
every tenement-house containing more than fiftj' sleeping-rooms above the first floor, shall 
have at least one night watchman exclusively so employed on duty every night from nine 
o'clock at night until six o'clock in the morning; and every lodging-house of the second or 
third class containing more than one hundred rooms above the first floor, and every tenement- 
house containing more than one hundred sleepiing-rooms above the first floor, shall have at 
* Repealed March 7, lS*i."i. See Chapter '.'7. Acts of 1805, Appendix. Chapter 44.'!, Section 24, IS'.kt. 



ADVEETISEIIEXTS. 



209 




A. L. MCKENZIE, 

Carpenter, ai^d . de^eral Jobber. 

STORE AND OFFICE FIXTURES A SPECIALTY. 

3avinfj, Turning and ?\oulding. . . . 

. . . Pxadiator I^oard.s ?\adc to Order. 

PATTERN AND MODEL MAKING. 

121 Eliot Street, Room 2, BOSTON. 



D. G. SQUIRE, 


JOHN JUDSON, 


Carpenter and Bailder, 


Carpenter * 


10 WATERLOW STREET, 


* *™ Builder, 


DORCHESTER. MKSS. 






42 DACIA STREET, 




All Orders Promptly Attended to. 




Jobbing of every description. 


DORCHESTER. 



CONTRACTING MASON, 

STONE KND BRICK WORK. 
CONCRETING HND GRHDING. 



Jones Avenue, 



Dorchester. 



210 A HALF c EXTURY OF BOSTOX's BUILDING. 

least two night watchmen, exckisively so emploj^ed on duty every night from nine o'clock at 
night until six o'clock in the morning. But in the latter class of lodging and tenement 
houses a jjroper system of thermostats, or automatic tire alarms, ap^iroved in writing by the 
inspector, may be substituted for one of the watchmen. In all lodging or tenement houses 
of either of the above classes a red light shall be kept burning at night at the head and foot 
of every flight of stairs, and one or more gongs shall be so placed, and be of such size and 
number, as to give the alarm throughout the house in case of fire ; and in every sleeping-room 
there shall be conspicuously posted directions for escape in case of fire. The inspector may 
make such other or further requirements for prevention of and escape from fire as may be 
reasonably necessary under the conditions of each ease. Anj- innholder who fails to comply 
with the provisions of this section shall thereby forfeit his license. 

Sect. 114. Every dwelling, tenement, or lodging house, every school-house, and every 
building wliere operatives are employed, shall have at least one water-closet or privy, and at 
least one water-closet or privy for every twenty persons therein living, attending, or employed; 
and in buildings where operatives of both sexes are employed, separate accommodations shall 
be furnished for men and women. ' Privies or cesspools shall not be allowed where a sewer 
makes water-closets practicable. Everj' water-closet in every building hereafter erected for, 
or converted to use as, a tenement-house, family hutel, or apartment-house, shall have a window 
on the open air. 

STABLES. 

Sect. 115. IS"o building, any part of which is within the limits or within forty feet of the 
property of an adjoining owner, shall be erected for or converted to use as a stable, without 
the consent of the mayor and aldermen after public hearing had, after written notice to the 
adjoining owners, and after public notice published at least three times, and at least ten days 
before the hearing, in at least two newspapers published in Boston. 

ORAIX ELEV.VTOKS, CHEMICAL MAXUFACTOEIES, ETC. 

Sect. 111). JSTo grain elevator, or buihling for the storing or manufacture of high 
combustibles or explosives, or for chemical or rendering works, shall be erected, and no engine, 
dynamo, boiler, or furnace, except exclusively for the heating of, or to raise elevators in, the 
building in which it is, shall be placed in any Iniildiug without a permit issued under the 
l)rovisions of the following sections. 

Sect. 117. Every apjilication for a permit required by section one hundred and sixteen 
shall be filed with the inspector in writing, and shall set forth the location and character of 
the building, the size, power, and purpose of the apparatus, with such further information as 
the inspector may require. 

Sect. 118. Every such application shall be published in at least two daily papers published 
in Boston, and at least three days in each ; and the applicant shall also, if so directed by the 
inspector, conspicuously post on the premises a copy of an application, and deliver copies 
thereof to such persons as the inspector may direct, and shall file an aifidavit with the 
inspector that the notice recj^uired has been duly given. If no objection is filed with the 
inspector before the exjuration of ten days from the time of the first publication of notice, or 
within ten days of the delivery and first posting of notice, if required, the inspector shall, if 



ADVERTISEMENTS. 211 



BccHwitb Elevz^tor Co. 



MANUFACTURERS OF AND DEALERS IN 



ELECTRIC AND HYDRAULIC 
BELT AND HAND POWER . . 
PASSENGER AND FREIGHT . 



ELEVATORS 



QUICKEST AND SUREST SAFETY CLUTCHES. 

The Beckwith Automatic and Half=automatic 
GATES AND DOORS 

. . A SPECIALTY. . . 

NO. 19 PEARL STREET, - - BOSTON. MASS. 

WALL m PAPERS. 

ALL LATEST STYLES. ALL GRADES. 



Retailing at Lowest Wholesale Rates. 

ALL KINDS OF ROOM MOULDINGS. 

WILLIAM MATTHEWS, Jr., 

147 MILK STREET, - - BOSTON, MASS. 



212 A HALF CEXTURY OF BOSTON S BUILDING. 

the an-angement, location, aud construction of the proposed apparatus is proper, and in 
accordance with the terms of this act, issue a permit for the same. But if such objection is 
filed the ai)plieation shall be referred to the board of appeal, the chairman of the board of 
health, aud the chairman of the fire commissioners, together sitting as a commission, or such 
members of said boards respectively as, in case of the absence or disability of the chairman, 
the standing members of the board of appeal, or their duly appointed substitutes, shall in each 
case appoint. The two members of said commission sitting with the board of appeal shall 
receive the same compensation as the members of that board. 

Sect. 119. Said commissioners shall in each case cause due notice to be given to all parties 
of the time and place of hearing, and after hearing the parties shall authorize the insijeetor to 
issue a permit, under such conditions as may be prescribed by said commission, or to withhold 
the same. If the permit is refused, the applicant, and if it is granted, the objectors, shall pay 
such costs as the commission may determine. 

PLUJIBIXO. 

Sect. 120. Xo person shall carry on the business of plumbing unless he is a pluml)er aud 
shall have first registered his name and place of business in the office of the inspector of 
buildings ; and notice of any change in the place of business of a registered plumber shall be 
immediately given to said inspector. 

Sect. 121. Every plumber, before doing any work in a building, shall, exceirt in the case 
of the repair of leaks, file at the office of the said inspector, upon blanks for that purpose, a 
notice of the work to be performed; and no such work shall be done in any building without 
the approval of said inspector. 

Sect. 122. The plumbing of every building shall be separately and independently 
connected with the imblic sewer, wlien such sewer is provided, or with a proper and sufficient 
drain connected thereto outside of the building, and if a sewer is not accessible, with a proper 
cesspool. 

Sect. 123. Pipes and other fixtures shall not be covered or concealed from view until 
approved by the inspector, who shall examine the same within two working days after notice 
that they are readj- for inspection. 

Sect. 124. Plumbing work sluill not l)c used unless the same has first been tested in 
the presence of the inspector with the water test, or if that is not practicable, with the pepper- 
mint or otlier reliable test, and approved by him in writing. 

Sect. 125. Drain and connecting ventilating pipes sliall be of sufficient size, and made of 
cast iron or standard wrought iron within the building, and for a distance of at least ten feet 
outside, except that lead pipes may be used for short connections exposed to view.* Such pipes 
if of wrought iron, shall be of standard weight and strength, and if of cast iron, shall be of 
uniform thickness throughout, and sliall have an average weight not less than that below 
specified, viz. : 

2-inch pipe -'h pounds per foot. 

3-ineh pipe '9^ jjounds per foot. 

4-inch pipe 13 pounds per foot. 

5-inch pipe ■ • 1" pounds per foot. 

* Chapter i'.iT, Section 1. l.Hy.>. 



ADVERTISEMENTS. 



213 



W. J. JOBLING, 

Carpenter & Builder 



1 I PAY50N AYENCJE, 



DORCHESTER. 



Estimates Furnished for Wood . . 

. . . . or Brick Buildings. 



p. \V. HAVES. 



J. J. MULVEE. 



HAYES S MULVEE. 

piijmbers, 



Drainage and Ventilation a Specialty. 



526 DUDLEY STREET, 



ROXBURY. 



All Orders Promptly Attended To. 



ROBERT BLACK, 

Plzistcrer ^pd . . 
. Stucco WorKer. 

NO. 16 HLBION STREET. 



ROXBURY, 



MASS. 



Samuel T. Chipman, 

CARPENTER 

AND BUILDER. 

No. 45 CREIGHTON STREET, 
ROXBURY. 



Jobbing: of all kinds Promptly attended to. 



214 A HALF CEXTtlRY OF BOSTON'S ISUILDIXi;. 

fi-incli pipe 20 pounds per foot. 

8-ineh pipe 33i- pounds per foot. 

10-indi pipe 45 pounds per foot. 

12-ineh pipe 54 pounds per foot. 

Drain-pipes shall be pioperly secured by irons to walls, laid in trenches to uniform grade, 
or sus])ended to floor timbers by strong iron hangers. Every drain-pipe shall be supplied with 
a suitable ti'ap, placed with an accessible clean-out, at or nenr the point where it leaves the 
building, and shall have a jiroper fall. Drain-pipes shall be carried above the roof open and 
undiminished in size, and to a sufficient height not less than two feet above the roof, and not 
less tlian five feet above the top of any window within fifteen feet. Changes in direction shall 
be made with curved pipes, and all connections with horizontal or vertical pipes shall be made 
with Y branches. All drain-pipes shall be exposed to sight where practicable within the 
building, and shall not Ije exposed to pressure where they pass through walls. Every part of 
every drain-pipe below a cellar floor shall be laid in a brick trench with a concrete base, and 
shall be accessible tlirough sufficient unattached covers. 

Sect. 126. Rain-water leaders when connected with soil or drain pipes shall be suitably 
trapped. 

Sect. 127. Iron pipes iised in plumbing shall, before being put in place, he first tested 
by the water or kerosene test, and then i-oated inside and out with coal-tar ijitch, applied hot, 
or with paint, or with some equivalent substance.* Joints of wrought iron pipes shall be made 
by screwing the same into double heavy cast-iron fittings tapped with standard screw thread ; 
joints of cast-iron pipes shall be made by thoroughly calking the same with molten lead ; joints 
of lead pipes with iron jiipes shall be made by soldering the same into brass ferrules, and 
calking the feri-ules to cast-iron pipes or screwing them to wrought-ii'on pijjes. 

Sect. 128. The waste-pipe of each and every sink, basin, bath-tub, water-closet, slop- 
hopper, and of each set of trays or other fixtures, shall be furnished with a separate trap, 
which shall be j)laced as near as practicable to the fixture that it serves. Traps shall be 
ja-otected from siphonage or air pressure by special cast-iron air-pipes of a size not less than 
the waste-pipes they serve p)laced outside or below the trap. Lead air-j)ipes may be used only 
where they are exposed to view. Air-pipes foi' water-closet traps shall be of two-inch bore if 
thirty feet or less in length, and of three-inch bore if more than thirty feet in length. Air- 
pipes shall be run as direct as practicable. Two or more air-pipes may be connected together or 
with a drain-pipe; but in every case of connection with a drain-pipe such connectiim shall be 
above the upper fixture of the building. 

Sect. 129. Drip or overflow jupes, fr(un safes under water-closets and other fixtures, or 
from tanks or cisterns, shall be run to some place in open sight, and in no case shall any such 
pipe be connected directly with a drain-pipe. Xo waste pipe from a refrigerator, or other 
receptacle in which provisions are stored, sliall be connected with a drain-pijie or other waste- 
pipe. 

Sect. 130. Every water-closet, or line of water-closets on the same floor, shall be supplied 
with water from a tank or cistern, and shall have a flushing-pipe of not less than one inch in 
diameter; but this reipiirement shall not aiiply to water-closets substituted for vaults, where 
* Chapter 2!I7, Section '_', isii.i. 



ADVERTISEMENTS. 



215 



R. E. COCHRAN, 

Real Estate Agent, Auctioneer, 
and Insurance Broker. 

Office, 3726 WASHINGTON STREET, 



Opposite Forest Hills Station, Providence Dirision, >'. Y., 
>'. H. & H. R. R. 



INSURANCE PLACED IN THE MOST RELIABLE 
OFFICES AT VERY LOWEST TERMS. 



nortgages negotiated at the very lowest possible terms. 



C. H. HAMPTON, 



(^arpepter a^d Builder, 



4 WESTFORD STREET, 



ALLSTON, 



MASS. 



AU orders prornptlY attended to and first- 
class \va">rls guaranteed. 



ESTIHATES CHEERFULLY GIVEN. 



HAMPTON HOUSE, 

HAYMARKET SQUARE, 
BOSTON. 



E. P. WHITE, Proprietor. 



AMERICAN & EUROPEAN PLANS. 

American plan $2 per day. 
Rooms 75 cents and upwards 
according to location. 



JOS. H. DAVIS, 




17 OTIS STREET, 

BOSTON. 



Some of the buildings which I have plastered are the 
English High and Latin School Buildings; the 
Mason Building; the Boston Art and Elys- 
ium Club Buildings ; the Hotels Copley 
and Reynolds; the Union Station, 
etc. 



216 A HALF CENTUKY OF B0.'^T0N'S BUILDIXG. 

tlie same are located outside of the Imilding proper; and such water-closets may be arranged 
so as to receive their sujiply directly from the main, with proper fixtures ajiproved by the 
inspector, the water board, and the board of health. 

Sect. 131. Every privy-vault shall be of brick and cement, of a capacity not less than 
eighty cubic feet, of easy access, convenient to open and clean, and made tight. The inside 
shall be at least two feet from the next lot and from any public or private way. 

Sect. 132. No steam-exhaust sliall be connected witli any public sewer or with any soil 
or waste pipe or drain which communicates with a public sewer. 

Sect. 133. Water-pipes in exposed ])laces shall be properly protected from frost. 

Sect. 134. A grease-trap shall be constructed under the sink of every hotel, eating-house, 
restaurant, or public cooking establishment, so as to be easily accessible for inspection and 
cleaning. 

Sect. 135. All ordinances and parts of ordinances of the city of Boston now in force 
relating to the building limits and the inspection and survey of buildings shall remain in force 
until amended or repealed liy said city. Said city may, by ordinance, regulate the management 
and inspection of elevator hoistways and elevator shafts in said city. The officers of the 
department for the inspection of buildings of said city shall continue to hold office for the terms 
for wliich they were appointed, and until their successors are appointed in accordance with 
this act, unless sooner removed. 

IX.JUXCTIOXS. 

Sect. 13(5. Any court having eipiity jurisdiction, in term time or vacation, may, on the 
application of the city of Boston, by its attorney, by any suitable process or decree in equity, 
enforce the provisions of this act, and may, on such ai^plication, issue an injunction to restrain 
the erection, alteration, use. or occupation of any building or structure in the city of Boston, 
erected, altered, maintained, or used in violation of this act.* 

penalty. 

Sect. 137. Any person who shall build or alter any wall, building or other structure, or 
part thereof, in violation of any provision of this act, or who shall, after twenty-four hours' 
notice from the inspector, maintain or use any such wall, building, or other stnicture, or part 
thereof, so built or altered, or shall violate any provision of this act, shall be punished by a 
fine not exceeding one thousand dollars, to be paid into the treasury of the city of Boston. 

REPEALS. 

Sect. 138. Sections forty to fifty-three inclusive of chapter one hundred and two of the 
PuV)lic Statutes are hereby repealed in so far as they relate to the city of Boston. Chapter 
one hundred and twenty-four of the acts of the year eighteen hundred and ten, chajiter three 
hundred and sixty-nine of the acts of the year eighteen hundred and sixty-nine, chaiiter one 
hundred and ninety-two of the acts of the year eighteen hundred and seventy -eight, chapter two 
hunilred and, fifty-two of the acts of the year eighteen hundred and eighty-two, chapter one 
hundred and seventy-three and chapter two hundred and fifty-one of the acts of the year 
eighteen hundred and eighty-three, chapter two hundred and twenty-three of the acts of the 
year eighteen Inindred ami eighty-four, chapter three hundred and seventy-four of the acts of 
* Chapter 17(1, Section 1, lSi«. 




MASOX \- KAMLIX lU'II.DIXG, noYLSTIIX STIMCET. 



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ADVERTISEMENTS. 217 



BERRY & FERGUSON, 



Wholesale and Retail Dealers in 



Akron Sewer Pipe, Lime, Cement, 

AND MASONS' SUPPLIES. 

OFFICE, 102 STATE STREET, - - BOSTON. 

Wharf, 37 to 45 Medford Street, 
CHARLESTOWN. 



Lime and Cement stock used in the erection of the Worthington Building 
was furnished by us. Foundation of this building was made with our 

QERMANIA GERMAN PORTLAND CEMENT. 



R X. JULIEN, 

Carpenter and Builder. 

22 VERNON STREET, 

Roxbury, Mass. 



JOBBING . PROMPTLY . ATTENDED . TO. 
Residence, 1 77 Warren Street. 



218 A HALF CENTCKY OF BOSTOX's BVILDIXG. 

the year eighteen hundred and ei,ichty-tive, sections two, four, and five to ten inclusive of 
cliaptei- three hundred and eighty -two of the acts of the same year, chapter tliree hundred and 
sixteen of the acts of the year eighteen Iiundred and eighty-eiglit, so far as it rehites to the city 
of Boston, sections one to eight inclusive of chapter four hundred and twentj'-six of the acts of 
the same year, so far as they relate to the city of Boston, and all acts and parts of acts 
inconsistent herewith, are hereby repealed All provisions of this act which are the same in 
effect as those hereinbefore repealed shall be Cdustrued as coutimiations and re-enactments, and 
in all such cases the pirovisions shall take effect as of the date when they were first enacted. 
No repeal hereby enacted shall have the effect of reviving any act or part of an act heretofore 
repealed. 

AjyprocetJ hij Goccrnor. June 16. 1802. 
This act took effect July 16, 1892. 



A. 

CHAPTEE 382, ACTS OF 1885. 
Thh Act took effect June 19, 1885. 

AX -iCT IX KELATIOX TO THE PRESERVATION OF HEALTH IX BUILDIXGS IX THE CITY OF BOSTON. 

Section 1. Every V)uilding in the city of Boston used as a dwelling, tenement, or lodging 
house, or where persons are employed, shall have at all times such number of good and 
sufficient water-closets, earth-closets, or privies as the board of health of said city may 
determine; but the occupants of any two or more of aii}^ such buildings may use such closets 
or privies in common, provided the access is easy and direct; and said board shall not require 
more than one such closet or privy for every twenty persons. 

Sect. o. No building in the city of Boston shall be converted into, or used for a tenement 
or lodging house, unless, in addition to the other requirements of law, it conforms to the 
provisions of this act. 

Sect. 11. Eveiy such building shall have adequate chimneys running through every floor, 
with an ojien fireplace or grate, or place for a stove, properly connected with one of said 
cliimneys, for every family and set of apartments: shall have proper conveniences and non- 
combustible recejjtacles for ashes and rubbish; shall have water furnished at one or more 
places in such house, or in the yard thereof, so that the same may be adequate and reasonably 
convenient for the use of the occupants thereof; and shall have the floor of the cellar properly 
cemented, so as to be water tight. 

Sect. 12. Every such building used for a tenement or lodging house shall have suitable 
receptacles for garbage and other refuse matter, and shall not be used as a place of storage 
for any combustible article, or any article dangerous to life or detrimental to health; nor shall 
any horse, cow, calf, swine, pig, sheep, or goat be kept in said building. 

Sect. 1;>. Every such building, and the yard, court, passage, area, and alleys, belonging 
to the same, shall be kept clean and free from any accumulation of dirt, filth, garbage, or other 
refuse matter, to the satisfaction of the board of health. 

Sect. 14. The tenant of any lodging-house or tenement-house shall thoroughly cleanse all 



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PKOVIDENCE STATION N. V., N. II. .V II. U. It., I'AKK MiL AL;E. 




C(INSK];.VATIIKV OF MISII', KAST NKWl'DX s'l'KKKT. 




I.NII.KIOE VIEW OK HOLLIS STUKET THEAll.l.. 



ADVERTISEMENTS. 



219 



HOI ! I^ ^^' THEATRE. 

m. M. V-/ 1— < 1—^ -i. ^-^ ISAAC B. RICH, Proprietor and Manager. 

Boston s Faivorite Tbez^tre! 

PATRONIZED BY THE VERY BEST PEOPLE and the . . . 

MOST SUCCESSFUL OF ALL HIQH-CLASS PLACES OF AMUSEMENT, 

Playing only the Representative Attractions of America and Europe. 

THE FOLLOWING AKE SO-tlE OF THE ATTRACTIONS THAT WILL POSITIVELY APPEAR AT THIS THEATRE DURING 

THE SEASON OF 1895-96. 



Miss ADA BEHAN, 

In her repertoire. 

Under the persona] management of Augustin 

Daly, Esq. 

JULIA MARLOWE TABER, 

In Shakesperian Productions. 

Hiss OLGA NETHERSOLE, 

Iq a new play and repertoire. 

"PALMER COX'S BROWNIES." 



Mr. E. H. SOTHERN, 

In a new play. 

Mr. JOHN DREW, 

In a new play and repertoire. 

Mr. NAT. C. GOODWIN, 

In new Comedies. 

Mr. PETER F. DAILEV, 

In "THE NIGHT CLERK.' 



LYCEUM THEATRE STOCK CO., 

In their repertoire. 

EMPIRE THEATRE STOCK CO. 

In their repertoire. 

The Great London Success, 
"THE SHOP GIRL." 



BICE'S "1492.' 



Qopley Sqijare jlotel, 



ii03T0?i, inA33. 



A NEW HOUSE, of the highest class, 
■'*■ conclucted on the American and Eu- 
ropean systems. Strictly Fireproof, and 
replete with all modern appointments. 

Located in the fashionable Back Bay dis- 
trict, it is but twti) minutes from the Hunt- 
ington Avenue Station of the Boston 
Albany Railroad, and five to eight minutes 
from the principal shopping centres, places 
of amusement and depots. 

300 elegantly furnished rooms, single and 
efi sut'ie, with private parlors and baths. 

F. S. RISTEEN & CO., 

Proprietors. 



J. C. CAMERON, 
■JPIasfpppr, 



C ALDER STREET, 



Dorchester, 



Mass. 



220 A HALF CEXTUKY OF BdSTOX's BUILDING. 

tlie rooms, floors, windows, and doors of the house, or part of the liouse, of which he is the 
tenant, to the satisfaetion of the board of health; and the owner or lessee shall well and 
sufficiently, to the satisfaction of said board, whitewash or otherwise cleanse the walls and 
ceilings thereof once at least in every year in the months of April or May, and have the privies, 
drains, and cesspools kept in good order and the passages and stairs kept clean and in good 
condition. 

Sect. 15. The owner, agent of the owner, and keeper of any lodging or tenement house, 
or part thereof, shall, when any person in such house is sick of fever, or of any infectious, 
pestilential, or contagious disease, and such sickness is known to such owner, agent, or keeper, 
give immediate notice thereof to the board of health, and thereupon said board shall cause the 
same to be inspected, and cleansed or disinfected at the ex])ense of the owner, in such manner 
as they may deem necessary ; and may also cause the blankets, bedding, and bedclothes used 
by any such sick jjerson to be thoroughly cleansed, scoured, and fumigated, and, in extreme 
cases, to be destroyed. 

Sect. 1(3. The halls on each floor of every such building shall open directly to the 
external air, with suitable windows, and shall have no room or other obstruction at the end, 
unless sufficient light and ventilation is otherwise provided for said halls in a manner approved 
by the board of health. 

Sf;cT. 17. Xo person shall, without a permit from the l)oard of health, let or occupy, or 
suffer to be occupied, separately as a dwelling or place of lodging and sleeping, any cellar or 
underground room whatsoever, unless the same be in every part thereof at least seven feet in 
height, measured from the floor to the ceiling thereof ; nor unless the same shall have been so 
let or occupied before the passage of this act, nor unless the same be for at least one foot of its 
height above the surface of the street or ground adjoining, or nearest to the same; nor unless 
there be, outside of and adjoining the said vault, cellar, or room, and extending along the 
entire frontage thereof, and upwards from six inches below the level of the floor thereof, up to 
the surface of the said street or ground, an open space of at least two feet and six inches wide 
in every part ; nor unless the same be well and effectually drained by means of a drain, the 
uppermost part of which is one foot at lea.st below the level of the floor of such vault, 
cellar, or room ; nor unless there is a clear space of not less than one foot below the level of 
the floor, except where the same is cemented ; nor unless there be appurtenant to such vault, 
cellar, or room the use of a water-closet or privy, kept and provided as in this act required ; 
nor unless the same have an external window ojjening of at least nine superficial feet clear of 
the sash frame, in which window opening there shall be fitted a frame filled in with glazed 
sashes, at least four and a half superficial feet of which shall Ije made so as to open for the 
purpose of ventilation; providrd, ho/rcrrr, that in case of an inner or back vault, cellar, or 
room, let or occupied along with a front vault, cellar, or room, as a part of the same letting or 
occupation, it shall be a sufficient compliance with the provisions of this act if the front room 
is provided with a window as hereinbefore provided, and if the said back vault, cellar, or room 
is connected with the front vault, cellar, or room, by a (h)or, and also by a proper ventilating 
or transom window, and, where practicable, also connected by a proper ventilating or transom 
window, or by some hall or passage, with the external air; -provided further, that in any area 
adjoining a vault, cellar, or underground room, there may be steps necessary for access to 



ADVEKTISEMENTS. 



221 



J. M. BEMIS, President. H. H. THORNTON, Supt. 

G. B. ROBERTS, Treas. 



ROBERTS IRON WORKS CO. 

Boiler Makers, Machinists and 

GENERAL IRON WORKERS, 

Plate and Sheet Iron Work of all descriptions. 
STEAM BOILERS, 

From 3 to I'Jo H. P. on hand and shipped on orders at 
short notice. 

No. 92 Main Street, 

CAMBRIDQEPORT, MASS, U. S. A. 

Telephone, 432^2 Cambridge. 



Charles E. Qoold, 

CARPENTER 



AND 



BUILDER, 



165 WESTVILLE STREET, 



Dorchester. 



P. P. KELLY, 

Bailding . GentraGtQr, 



EXCHANQE_BU1LDINQ, 



STATE STREET, BOSTOri. 



ROOM 1 101. 



ELEVENTH FLOOR. 



ESTABLISHED 1873. 



INCORPORATED 



J. W. Bailey & Sons Co. 

WOOD MANTELS, 



Interior and Exterior Finish 



ON' HiM> AND J1.\DE TO ORDER. 



/4 CHARLESTOWN ST., 



(HAYMARKET SQUARE,) 



Telephone Connection. 



BOSTON. 



999 



A HALF CEXTUKY OF BOSTON S BTILDIXG. 



such vault, cellar, or room, if tlie same be so placed as not to be over, across, or opposite to 
said external window, and so as to allow between every part of such steps and the external wall 
of such vault, cellar, or room a clear space of six inches at least, and if the rise of said steps is 
open; and prorii/eJ fin-fh/'i; that over or across any such area there may be steps necessary for 
access to any building above the vault, cellar, or room, to which such area adjoins, if the same 
be so placed as not to be over, across, or opjDOsite to any such external window. 

Sect. 18. The board of health shall have authority, to make such other regulations as 
to cellars, and the ventilation and overcrowding of tenement and lodging houses and buildings 
where persons are employed, as they deem necessary, subject, however, to the laws relating 
to building in the city of Boston. 

Sect. 19. Every owner and agent, or person having charge, of a tenement or lodging 
house shall leave his address with the board of health, and shall have legibly posted on the 
wall or in the entry of such tenement or lodging house the name and address of such owner 
and of the agent or person having charge of the same; and service upon parties whose address 
is out of the city, of any papers or notice required by this act, or any act relating to the 
preservation- of health, or. by any proceedings to enforce any of their provisions, shall be 
sufficient, if made by sending a copy of such paper or notice through the mail to the address 
of the person or persons so designated as owner, agent, or person having charge of such 
tenement or lodging liouse ; and service upon jjarties whose address is in the city, by leaving 
such copy at said address. 

Sect. 20. Every officer of the board of health, and every officer upon whom any duty or 
authority is conferred, shall have free access to every part of any lodging or tenement house, 
when required, in the proper execution of the duties of his office. 

Sect. 21. Any court having equity jurisdiction, in term time or vacation, may, on the 
application of the board of liealth, by any suitable process of decree in equity, enforce the 
provisions of this act, and nmy, on such application, issue an injunction to restrain the use or 
occupation of any building or structure in the city of Boston, erected, altered, or used in 
violation of this act. 

Sect. 22. Any person violating any provision of this act sl]all be punished by a tine 
not exceeding one hundred dollars, or by confinement in the house of correction not 
exceeding sixty days, unless another penalty is specifically provided herein. 

Sect. 2.3. Every member of said board of health, and every inspector acting under said 
board, shall before entering upon the duties of his office take and subscribe an oath before 
the city clerk of said city that he will faithfully and impartially discharge such duties, and 
the city iderk shall make and keep a record of such oath. Every member of said board and 
every such inspector who enters upon or disi-harges such duties without having taken and 
subscribed such oath shall be liable to a penalty of one hundred dollars ; but such omission 
shall not render invalid any act or ])roceeding of such bourd. 

B. 

CHAPTER 348, ACTS OF 1887. 
AX ACT kelatixi; to. fences and other structures erected to annoy, and for the 

abatement of nuisances. 

He if eiKii'ti'd, efi'.. (in fo/Znirs : 

Section 1. Anv fence or other structure in the nature of a fence, unnecessarily exceeding 



ADVERTISEMENTS. 

JOHN FUOHS. 



WM. E. SCRIBNER, 

Mason and Builder, 



LEXINGTON STREET, 



AUBURNDALE. 



p. O. Box 237. 



The Falmouth House, 

BUR OPE. AN PIS AN. 




Rooms, 75 cents, $1.00 and $2.00 per day. 

FIRST-CLASS CAFE AND DINING-ROOM. 
MODERATE PRICES. 

Qatjseu/ay . ar^d . [^asl^ua . Streets, 

0pp. Union Depot, 

BOSTON, - MASS. 



223 

JOSEPH WANGLER. 



FUOHS & WANGLER, 



Carpenters 



. . . and Builders, 



44 WALDEN STREET. 



Boston Highlands. 



Estimates Cheerfully Given. 

Jobbing Promptly Attended To. 

WILLIAM C. HEBB, 

CONTRACTOR 



BUILDER, 



Jobbing of all kinds Personally attended to. 



ESTIHATES FURNISHED. 



Office and Factory, 34 Lagrange St., 



BOSTON, MASS. 



22-4 A HALF CENTURY OF BOSTON'S BUILDINIi. 

six feet in height, maliciously erected or maintained for the purpose of annoying the owners 
or occupants of adjoining property, shall be deemed a jirivate nuisance. 

Sect. 2. Any such owner or occupant, injured either in his comfort or the enjoyment of 
his estate by such nuisance, may have an action of tort for the damage sustained thereby', 
and the provisions of chapter one hundred and eighty of the 'Public Statutes concerning 
actions for jjrivate nuisances shall be applicable thereto. 

Approved June 2, 18S7. 

c. 

CHAl'TER 89, ACTS OF 1889. 

AX AIT RELATING TO THE USE OF BUILDINGS IN THE CITY OF BOSTON FOR STABLES. 

Be it ciKK'ted, etc., asfolhnvs: 

Section 1. Xo person shall hereafter occupy or use any building in the city of Boston for 
a stable unless first authorized thereto by the board of health of said city, and in such case 
only to the extent so authorized; provhJed, that this act shall not prevent any such occupation 
and use authorized by law at the time of the passage of this act, to the extent so authorized. 

Sect. 2. Any person violating any provision of this act shall be liable to a fine not 
exceeding five dollars for each and every day that such violation continues, and any court 
having jurisdiction in equity may restrain such use and occupation. 

Sect. 3. Chapter three hundred and sixty -nine of the acts of the year eighteen hundred 

and sixty-nine, chapter one hundred and ninety-two of the acts of the year eighteen hundred 

and seventy-eight, and all acts and parts of acts inconsistent herewith are hereby repealed. 

Sect. 4. This act shall take effect ujion its passage. 

Jjiproi'ei! JLn-rli 8, 1889. 

D. 

CHAPTER 129, ACTS OF 1889. 

AX ACT KELATING TO BUILDINGS IN THE PUBLIC PARKS OF THE CITY OF BOSTON. 

lie it enacted, ete.. as foUoirs : 

Section 1. The park commissioners of the city of Boston may erect in the parks of 
said city that now are or hereafter may be under their control, except the common, public 
garden, and public squares, structures for the shelter and refreshment of persons frequenting 
such parks and for other park purposes, of such materials and in such places as in the 
opinion of the fire commissioners of said city do not endanger buildings beyond the linuts of 
the ])ark. Section sixteen of chapter fifty-four of the Public Statutes and chapter three 
hundred and seventy-four of the acts of the year eighteen hundred and eighty-five shall not 
apply to such buildings. 

Sect. 2. This act shall take effect upon its i)assage. 

Approved Murch 19, 1889. 

E. 

SECTIOX 9, CHAPTER 323, OF 1891. 

AS A -MEN DEI) BY SECTION 4, CHAl'TER 418, ACTS (IF 1892. 

Section 9. If any building shall hereafter be placed or erected in said city at a grade 



ADVEKTISEMKXTS. 



!lyJ!i!JMnte. ""' •'^lo.T'"''^ 



MANUFACTURERS OF 



MACHINERY, BOILER AND BUILDING CASTINGS 




SOIL PIPE AND PITTINGS 

Wholesale Dealers in 

Plumbers' Materials, 

EARTHEN WARE, BRASS WORK, 

BATH TUBS, COPPER AND 

IRON BOILERS. 

Cor. First and C Streets, 

Telephoiic sTfi Tremont. SOUTH BOSTON. 



PUTCHER'S Boston Polish 

IS THE BEST FINISH FOR FLOORS, 

Interior Wood Work and Furniture. 

Put up, ready for use, in cans of convenient size, with directions. 




MANUFACTURED BY THE 



Butcber Polisb Cornp^Wf 



9 HAVERHILL STREET, 



BOSTON, 



MASS. 



226 A HALF (EXTrRY OF BOSTOx's BUILDING. 

other than the grade therefor, recorded in the office of the city surveyor, and which the city 
surveyor shall furnish on the request of the owner of the land on which the building is to be 
placed, or if any building shall be jilaced or erected within the boundaries of any way shown 
on any of the plans hereinbefore provided for, after tlie tiling of the plan as aforesaid, and not 
removed at the expense of the owner when required by said board of street commissioners, no 
damage occasioned to the estate, of which the land on which the building was so jilaced formed 
a part at the date of the first advertisement of the first notice given by said board, relating to 
the plan on which any j)art of said estate is shown, or to any part of said estate, by any 
subsequent establishment of any grade of any highway or by any subsequent change of any 
grade of any highway, shall lie recovered, or be paid to tlie owner of the whole or of any part 
of such estate. 

vSect. 11. This act shall take effect upon its passage. 

Aj,prore<I June 16. 1892. 

F- 

CHAPTER 293. 

AN ACT KELATING TO THE <'0XSTKUCTI0N, MAIXTEXAXCH, AXD INSPECTION OF BUILDINCl.S IN 

THE CITY OF BOSTON. 

Be if enacted, ete., as fnUnws : 

Section 1. No building two stories or nKjre in height, hereafter erected in tlie city of 
Boston, and no such building in said city not used at the passage of this act as a school-house, 
church, theatre, public building, hall, place of assembly or public resort, tenement-house, 
boarding-house, or lodging-house, or as a factory or workshop where ten or more persons are 
emploj^ed, or used above the second stoiy as a dwelling by two or more families, shall be used 
for any of said purposes unless sucli building is jirovided with at least two independent and 
sufficient ways of egress. One of said ways of egress shall ci.msist of a flight of stairs 
extending from the lowest to the highest floor, made of fire-proof material and enclosed in 
brick walls, with the enclosed space or stairway provided with a ventilating skylight wliich can 
be opened and closed from every floor, and having no opening other than for said skjdight, 
and for doors from apartments and corridors. The other way of egress sliall be a fliglit of 
stairs apjiroved liy the inspector of Iniildings. and may project over a public way. Every way 
of egress from every such Viuilding shall be kept in good repair and unobstructed. 

Sect. 2. Section eighty-two of chapter four hundred and nineteen of the acts of the year 
eighteen hundred and ninety-two is hereby repealed. 

Sect. 3. This act shall take eft'ect upon its passage. 

Apjn'oced M'ly 3, 1893. 

G. 

CHAPTER 312. 

AN ACT KELATING TO THE KEI'AIR OF I'UIVATE DRAINS IX STREETS OR WAYS. 

Be it enncteil. ete.. as foHou-.s : 

Section 1. Ever}' owner of an estate which drains into a private drain in a public or 
private street or way, who shall neglect to put sucli drain in gnod rejiair and condition for ten 
days after being notified by the board of health of the city or tuwn that the drain is out of 



ADVERTISEMENTS. 



227 



ESTABLISHED 1828. 




BOSTON BELTING CO. 

JAMES BENNET FORSYTH, Hanufacturing Agent and General Hanager. 



Original Manufacturers of 



MEi!?MRubber Goods 



OF EVERY DESCRIPTION. 



BOSTON. 



NEW YORK. 



CHICAGO. 



SAN FRANCISCO. 



GEORGE WILLIAMS, 



House, Sign and Fresco 



PAINTER, 



Qrainer and Glazier, 



No. 3 PROVINCE COURT, 



Telephone 2663. 



BOSTON. 



T. S. BROWN 



Carpenter, * Builder, 



-AXD- 



Qeneral Contractor, 



40 STATE STREET, ROOM 32, 



BOSTON. 



228 A ir.vLK cKXTuuv OF Boston's buildixo. 

repair and condition, shall be liable to a fine not exceeding twenty dollars for ever}' day that 
such neglect continues after the expiration of said ten days. 

Sect. L'. This act shall take effect in any city when accepted by the city council thereof, 
and in any town when accepted by a majority vote of the voters of sucli town present and 
voting at a meeting of said town duly called for that purpose. 

A„i,rnn',l 2h,ii -1. 1893. 

H. 

CHAPTER 455 OF THE ACTS OF ls;i4. 

AX ACT RELATIVE TO THE LICEXSIXG OF I'LCMBEKS AX1> THE SUPEKVISIOX OF THE BUSINESS OF 

Pl^UMBIKIi. 
Bi' it rixirfcd. etc.. iifs fat loirs : 

Sei'I'iox 1. No person, firm, nr corporation shall engage in or work at the business of 
plumbing, either as a master or employing plumber, or as a journeyman ])hiuiber, unless such 
person, firm, or corijoratiou has received a license or certificate tlierefor in accordance witli 
the jjrovisions of this act. The words •• practical plumber." as used in this act, shall be 
deemed to mean a person who has learned the business of idnmbing, by working for at least two 
vears either as an apprentice or under a verbal agreement for instruction, and who has then 
worked for at least one year as a first-class journeyman plumber. The word •• journeyman," 
as used in this act, shall be deemed to mean one who personally does any work in plumliing 
which is subject to inspection, under chapter four hundred and nineteen of tlie acts of the year 
eighteen hundred and ninety-two. or under any ordinance, liy-law, rule, or regulation made under 
the authority nf tliis act. 

Sect. 2. Any person not engaged in or working at the business of plumbing prior to the 
tenth day of July in the year eighteen hundred and ninety-three, and desiring to engage in or 
work at said liusiness, either as a master or emplojing plumber, or as a journeyman plumber, 
shall apply to the board of health having jurisdiction in the locality where he intends to 
engage in or work at said business, except in cities or towns where the inspector of buildings 
has control of the enforcement of the regulations regarding plumbing, where such application 
shall be made to tlie inspector of buildings, and shall, at such time and place as may be 
designated by the board of examiners hereinafter provided for, to whom such applications 
shall be referred, be examined as to his qualifications for such business. On or before the first 
day of September in the year eighteen hundred and ninety-four every master or employing 
plumber, and every journeyman plumber, engaged in or working at the business of plumbing 
in this Commonwealth prior to the tenth day of July in the year eighteen hundred and ninety- 
three, and desiring to engage in or work at said business in any city or town where licenses 
for jjlumliers are retpiired, shall personally register his name and address at the office of the 
board of health or of the inspector of buildings to whom applications f<u' licenses are to l)e 
made in siich city or town, and state after being sworn wliere and how long he has been 
engaged in or has worked at said business and whether as a master or employing i)lumber, or 
as a journeyman plumber. Said board of health or inspector of buildings, if satisfied that the 
person so registering was actually engaged in or working at said buisness prior to said date 
shall thereu]Km issue to him a certificate, setting fortli that he was engaged in or working at 



ADVERTISEMEXXS. 



V29 



C. A. BRAY, 

Sanitary Plumber, 



AND GAS FITTER. 



155 Eliot street, 



BOSTON. 



F. J. HERTHEL, JR., 



Real Estate and Insurance, 



MORTGAGES NEGOTIATED. 



227 Washington Street, Boston. 

212 Ruggles Street, Roxbury. 



Alexander McGilvray, 

Builder, 

\ 7 / 



4 DRAPER COURT, 



DORCHESTER. 



T. H. DUGGAN, 

No. 141 DARTMOUTH ST. 

Plumber & Sanitary Engineer 

DEALER IN 

Fine Plumbing Materials and the Latest 
Sanitary Specialties. 

OPEN PLUMBING NEATLY INSTALLED 

FIRST CLASS WORK GUARANTEED. 

Orders From All Parts 

and Jobbing Promptly Attended To. 



TELEPHONE NO. 165 TREMONT.. 



2o0 A HALF ( ENTrnV OF BOSTON's Bni.DIXfi. 

the business of phimbing either as a master ur employing i)himber, or as a journeyman 
[ilumber. as the case may be, prior to the tenth day of July in the year eighteen hundred 
and ninety -three, and authorizing him to engage in or work at said business, either as a 
master or employing i)luniber, or as a journeyman plumber. The fee for a certificate for 
a master or employing jjlumber shall be two dollars; for a journeyman plumber it shall be 
fifty cents. Said certificates shall be valid and have force throughout the Commonwealth. 
In the case of a firm or corporation the examination and licensing of, or the registration of 
and granting a certificate to, any one member of the firm or the manager of the corporation 
shall satisfy the requirements of this act. 

Skc'T. 3. There shall be in every city, and in each town of five thousand inhabitants or 
more, and in each town ha\'ing a system of water supply or sewerage, a board of examiners of 
plumbers, consisting of the chairman or such other member of the board of health as said 
board may designate, and in cities or towns having an inspector. of buildings, the inspector of 
buildings of said city or town, who shall Vie members er "ffii'io of said lioard and serve without 
compensation, and a third member, who shall be a practical plumber of at least five years' 
continued practical experience either as a master or as a journeyman during tlie years next 
preceding the date of appointment. Said third member shall be appointed by the board of 
health of said city or town witlun three months from the pnssage of this act, for the term of 
one year from the first day of May in the year of appointment, and thereafter annually before 
the first day of June, and shall be allowed a sum not exceeding five dollars for each day of 
actual service, to be paid from the trea.sury of said city or town: jiivridnj, that if in any city 
or town tliere is no inspector of buildings, said board of health shall also appoint the second 
member of said board of examiners, whose term of office and compensation shall be the same 
as is heretofore jirovided for said third member. 

Sect. 4. Said board of examiners shall, as soon as may be after the appointment of said 
third member, meet and organize by the selection of a chairman, and shall then designate the 
times and places for the examination of all applicants desiring to engage in or work at the 
business of plumbing within their respective jurisdictions. Said board shall examine said 
applicants as to tlieir practical knowledge of plumbing, liouse drainage and plumbing ventilation, 
and shall submit the applicant to some satisfactory form of practical test, and if satisfied of the 
competency of the apiilicant shall so certify to the board of health or inspector of buildings in 
their respective city or town. Said board or inspector shall thereupon issue a license to such 
applicant, authorizing him to engage in or work at the business of i^lumbing, either as a 
master or employing plunilier. or as a journeyman plumber. The fee for a license for a master 
or employing plumber shall lie two dollars: for a journeyman plumber it shall be fifty cents. 
Said licenses shall be valid and have force throughoiit the Commonwealth, and shall be renewed 
ainiually upon a payment of a fee of fifty cents. In case of removal beyond tlie jurisdiction of 
the board or inspector issuing the original license it may be renewed by any lionrd having like 
authority. 

Sect. 5. The board of health, or inspector of buildings where such inspector has control 
of the enforcement of tlie regulations regarding plumbing, of each city and town mentioned 
in section three of this act, shall, within three months from the jiassage of this act. appoint 
one or more inspectors of plumljing, who sliall be practical plumbers of at least five years' 



ADVEHTISE.MEXTS. 



INCORPORATED 1889. 




JOHN C. DeLANEY, 
Treasurer and Genera/ flanager. 



John C. DeLaney Moulding Company, 

MANUFACTURERS. AND - 

WHOLESALE AND RETAIL DEALERS IN 

BUILDERS' FINISH, 

And Wood Work of Every Description. 

73 TO 79 WAREHAM ST., 

BOSTON, MASS. 



J. H. HOLMES, 

Carpenter . and . Builder, 



505 SHAWMUT AVENUE, BOSTON. 



Plans and Specifications Furnished, and 
Estimates Given at Short Notice. 



S.>2 A IIAI.K CEXTUKV OF BOSTON S lU'll.DTNC. 

continued in-aetical experience, eitlier as masters or as journeymen, during the years next 
preceding the (h\te of appointment, and who shall hold office until removed by said board or 
inspector for cause, which must be shown. All such inspectors shall before appointment be 
subjected to an examination before the civil service commission. The compensation of such 
inspectors shall be determined by the board or inspector appointing them, subject to the 
approval of the city council or selectmen, and shall be paid from the treasury of their 
respective cities or towns. Said inspectors shall inspect all plumbing work for which permits 
are hereafter granted within their respective jurisdiction, in process of construction, alteration, 
or repair, and shall re])ort to said board or inspector all violations of any law, ordinance, 
liy-law. rule, or regulation relating to plumbing work ; and also perform such other appropu'iate 
duties as may be required. The approval of any plumbing by any other inspectors than those 
provided for under this act shall not be deemed a compliance with the provisions thereof. 

SiciT. C). Xo insj:)ector of ]ilumbing in any city or town shall insp)ect or approve any 
plumbing work done Ijy himself, or any person by whom he is employed, or who is employed 
by or with him, but in each city or town subject to the jirovisious of this act the board of 
health shall appoint an additional inspector of plundiing, in the same manner and subject to 
the same qualifications as the regular inspector of plumbing, whose dut\' it shall be to inspect, 
in the manner prescribed in this act, phuubing work done by the regular inspector or any 
person by whom he is employed, or who is employed by or with him. Said additional 
insjjector shall have authority to act in case of the absence or inability of the regular 
inspector, and shall receive for his services such compensation as the regular inspector would 
for a like duty. The provisions of this section shall not apiply to any city or town which has 
heretofore estalilished or may hereafter establish an annual sahuy for the position of inspector 
of plumbing, and in any such city or town no inspector of plumbing shall engage in or work at 
the business of plumbing. 

Skit. 7. Each city or town of live thousand inhabitants or more, and every town having 
a .system of water supply or sewerage, shall liy ordinance or by-law, within six months from 
the passage of this act, prescribe rules and regulations for the materials, construction, 
alteration, and insp)ection of all pipes, tanks, favicets, valves, and other fixtures by and through 
which waste water or sewage is used and carried; and provide that no such I3ipes, tanks, 
faucets, valves, or other fixtures shall be placed in any building in such city or town exce])t in 
accordance with pdans which shall be approved by the board of health of such city or town, or 
the inspector of buildings, where such inspector has control of the enforcements of the 
regulations regarding plumbing; and shall further provide that no plumbing work shall be 
done, except in the case of repair of leaks, without a permit being first issued therefor, upon 
such terms and coiulitions as such cities or towns shall prescribe. I^ut nothing in this section 
shall prevent boards of liealth from making such rules and regidations in regard to plumbing 
and house drainage hitherto authorized by law, which are not inconsistent with any ordinance 
or liydaw made under the authority of this section by the respective cities or towns within 
wliicli such boards of health have jurisdiction. The provisions of this section shall not apply 
to the city of Itoston or to any officer or board thereof. 

Skit. S. Any person violating any provision of this act, or any ordinance, by-law. rule, or 
legulation made thereunder, shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and be subject to a line 



.•sa>,. 




ADVERTISEMENTS. 



133 



J, S, DELANY & SON. 



(H. W. DELANY.) 



Practical Plumbers 
and Gas Fitters. 

6 1-2 Stamford St., Boston. 

Residence, 33 Winter Street, ■> Ea^t Cambridge. 

JOBBING PROMPTLY ATTENDED TO 
IN CITY OR COUNTRY. 



REFERENCES GIVEN IF DESIRED. 



JOHN S. RICE, 

Carpenter & Builder, 



ro CIRCUIT STREET, 



Roxbury. 



DECKER BROS. 



Carpenters 



... and Builders, 

Shop, rear 61 Warren Street, 

Residence, 783 Washington St., 

DORCHESTER. 



All Orders Will Receive Prompt Attention. 



T^'^Automatic Gas Machine Co. 

MANUFACTURERS OF THE 

AMERICAN GAS MACHINE, 

The Only Automatic Gas Machine Made. 

FOR LIGHTING HOUSES, CHURCHES, FACTORIES, 
PUBLIC HALLS, &c., &c. 



ALSO, THE 



AMERICAN GAS CARBURETTOR, 

For Enriching Coal or Water Gas. 

Improving tlie Liglit. 

Making a Large Saving to the Consniner. 

112 BEDFORD STREET, 
BOSTON, - MASS. 



234 A HALF CKXTURY OF BOSTOx's BVILDIN'O. 

not exceeding fifty dollars for ear-li and every violation thereof, and if sucli person has received 
a license nnder tliis act his license may be revoked l)y the board or inspector issuing the same ; 
and if sueli violation was committed in a city or town otlier than that where he received his 
license, the board of health or inspector of buildings having jurisdiction may forbid him to 
engage in or work at the liusiness of plumbing for a period not exceeding one year in the city 
or town wliere the violation was committed. If any person to whom a certificate has been 
issued under this act violate any provision thereof, or any ordinance, by-law, rule, or regulation 
made thereunder, either tlie board of health or inspector of Iniildings issuing Ids certificate, or 
the board of health or ins}iector of buildings liaving jurisdiction where such violation was 
committed, may forbid him to engage in or work at the business of plumbing in such city or 
town for a period not exceeding one year. Any person engaging in or working at the business 
of plumbing in any city or town wliere lie has been forbidden so to do under this section shall 
be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and be subject to a fine not exceeding one hundred dollars 
for every such offence. Any city or town mentioned in section three of this act refusing to 
comidy with any of the jirovisions of this act shall forfeit the sum of fifty dollars to the use of 
the Commonwealth for every month during wliich such neglect may continue. 

Skit. 9. The provisions of this act shall apply to all persons wlio are now or may lie 
hereafter learning tlie business of plumbing, when tliey are sent out to do the work of a 
journeyman plumber. 

Sect. 10. Any person now holding an apjiointment as inspector of plumbing may retain 
his position, and, without furtlier examination, be deemed to have been appointed under tliis 
act. 

Sf.i'T. 11. The boards of health and inspectors of buildings liereinliefore mentioned may 
ex[)eiid such portion of all fees collected by them under this act as sliall V)ecome necessary to 
properly perform all duties imposed by the passage of this act. The said boards or inspectors 
shall annually, before the first day of June, make a full report in detail to their respective 
cities or towns of all their proceedings during the year under this act. 

Sect. 12. All acts or parts of acts inconsistent herewith are hereby repealed. The 
provisions of this act so far as thej- are the same as those of cliapter four hundred and seventy- 
seven of the acts of the year eigliteeii hundred and ninety-three shall be construed as a 

contiiniation of that chajiter and not as new enactments. 

Appvoi-ed Jniie 6. 1894. 

I. 

CHAPTER 462 OF ACTS OF 1893. 

AX ACT TO AUTHOKIZK THE ESTABLISH JIEXT OF A BriLDIX(;-LIXE OX PUBLIC WAYS. 

Be it enacted, etc., us foUoirs : 

Sectiox 1. The board or officers liaving authority to lay out city or town ways may. in the 
manner prescribed liy law for giving notice of an intention to lay out any such way, give notice 
of an intention to establish a building-line parallel to, and not more than twenty-five feet 
distant from, any exterior line of a highway or city or town way, and after said notice may 
pass a vote establishing such building-line, and in the case of a city, upon the recording of 
said vote in the records of the city, or in a town, upon tlie acceptance of said vote by the 



ADVEKTISEMENTS. 



JAMES M. THAYER, 

(Inventor Thayer Hot-\\ater Heater.) 



MANUFACTURER OF 



Thayer's . Tip -top . Hot -Water 
. . Heater, , . 

94 PEARL STREET. 
Boston, Mass. 



Telephone 70 79. 



J. E. QUINTON, 
Qarpe^ter a^d Builder, 

OFFICE A.ND STORE FITTING. 

Estimates furnished on new Work. ;^=A11 orders 
for Jobbing- promptly attended to. 

Residence, 22 BLUE HILL AVE., 
ROXBURY. 



ANDREW J. GRANARA, 



plumber, 



SANITARY DRAINAGE AND VENTILATION. 



149 NORTH STREET, 



Cor. Fulton Place, 



BOSTON. 



Gas Fitting and Jobbing Promptly 
Attended To * 



JOHN E, KELLY, 



Garpeiiter and Bailder, 



188 SYCAMORE STREET, 



Roslindaie, 



A\ass. 



23C) A HALF CENTrr.Y OF BOSTOx's BUILDIXG. 

inhabitants of the town at a town-meeting called as provided by law, said building-line shall be 
established; and until another building-line shall thereafter be established in the same manner, 
no structure shall thereafter be erected, placed, or maintained between such building-line and 
such way. except that steps, windows, porticos, and such usual projections ajipurtenant to the 
front wall of a building, may be allowed in such restricted space, to the extent prescribed in 
the vote establishing such building-line. 

Sect. 2. Any person sustaining damage by reason of the estaljlishmeut of such building- 
line shall have the same remedies for obtaining payment therefor as may be prescribed by law 
for obtaining payment for damages sustained by the laying out of a highwaj- in such city or 
town. 

Sect. .3. This act shall take effect in anj' city Avhen accepted by the city council thereof, 
and in any town when accepted by a majority of the legal voters thereof present and voting 
thereon at a tiiwn-meeting called for that pur[iose. 

Approved June 9, 1893. 
J. 
CHAPTER 2.57 OF ACTS OF 1894. 

AX ACT KEL.VTIXC; Tl) THE KRElTIOX Oft ALTER ATIOX I IF STRTCTURES OF THE CITV OF UltSTOX. 

Be It enacted., etc., an fallows : 

Sectiox 1. The supreme judicial court, or any justice thereof, and the siijierior court, or 
any justice thereof, in term time or vacation, shall, on the ajiplicatiim of the city of Boston by 
its attorney, have jurisdiction in e(|uity to enforce or prevent the violation of the provisions of 
the acts relating to the erection or alteration of buildings or other structures in the city of 
Boston, and may, on such application, restrain the erection, alteration, use, or occupation of any 
such building or structure which is being or has been erected or altered in violation of any of 
the provisions of said acts. 

Sect. 2. This act shall take effect upon its passage. 

Approved April IG. 1894. 

K. 

CHAPTER 387 OF ACTS OF 1894. 

AX' ACT RELATIVE TO FfKE-ESCAPES IX SCHOOL-HOL^SES. 

Be it enacted, etc., as folloics: 

In case a school-house situated in any city has not been provided with a safe and proper 
way of egress or other means of escape from fire, as required by chapter four hundred and 
twent3'-six of the acts of the year eighteen hundred and eighty-eight, within six months after 
the written notice therein provided for, the mayor of such city, for the purpose of carrying 
out the provisions of said act, may, upon petition of one hundred citizens or taxpayers in said 
cit\-, authorize the expenditure upon any such school-house of not exceeding fifteen per cent, 
of the cost thereof, payable from any moneys in the treasnry of s«id city not otherwise 
apjiropriated. 

Sects. 1 to 8, inclusive, so far as they relate to Boston, of Chajiter 42(i of 1888, repealed by 
section 138, chapter 419, 1892. Passed June 1(3, 1892. 

Apin-nvcd Mn/ 4, 1894. 



ADVEUrrsEMEXTS. 



»o)° Co °)° <o Q/SCo "J^iVi vAv^ v^'s 



^p- 



ADAMS HOUSE, 




238 A HALF CEXTURY OF BOSTON'S BUILDIXG. 

L. 

CHAl'TER 341 OF ACTS OF 1894. 

AX ACT FOi: THE BETTER I'KOTEl TIOX OF HUMAX LIFE IX LOr>OIX(;-H0USES IX CASE OF FIRE. 

Be if I'liacted, fff., as follows: 

Sectiox 1. Every owner, lessee, proprietor, or manager of a lodging-house containing 
ten or more rooms above the second story shall, on or before the tirst day of October in tlie 
year eighteen hundred and ninety-four, place or cause to be placed, a knotted rope or other 
better appliance for use as a fire-escape, in every room in said lodging-house used as a lodging- 
room, except rooms on the ground floor. Such rope or other better appliance shall be securely 
fastened, coiled, and exposed, and shall contain knots and a loop, and shall conform in size 
and length and in all other respects to the requirements of section one of chapter three hundred 
and seven of the acts of the year eighteen hundred and ninety. 

Sect. 2. The provisions of sections t\yo and three of said chapter three hundred and 
seven shall be applicable to the jiiMivisions of section one of this act. 

Ajqiroved Mui/ 4. 1S94. 

M. 

CHAPTER 414 OF ACTS OF 1894. 

AX ACT TO REGUL.\TE PUBLIC L(II)(;lXfrHOUSF,S IX THE CITY OF BOSTr)X-. 

Be It enacted, He, as folhncs: 

Section 1. Every building in the city of Boston not licensed as an inn, in which ten or 
more persons are lodged for a price for a single night of twenty-five cents or less for each 
person, shall be deemed a public lodging-house within the meaning of this act. 

Sect. 2. The board of police for said city may license persons to keep public lodging- 
houses in said city. No fee shall be charged for such license, and it shall expire on the 
thirtieth day of April next after the granting of the same. Every such license shall specify 
the street or other place, and the number of the building, or give some other particular 
description thereof, where the licensee shall exercise his employment ; and the license shall 
not protect a person exercising his employment in any other place than that so S[)ecified. 

Sect. 3. Xo such license shall be granted until the insi)ector of buildings of said city 
has certified that the building is provided witli sufficient means to escape in case of fire, and 
that suitable appliances are provided for extinguishing fires and for giving alarm to the 
inmates in case of fire ; and said inspector may from time to time require such alterations to 
lie made or such additional appliances to be provided as may in his judgment be necessary 
for the protection of life and property in case of fire. 

Sect. 4. Xo such license shall be granted until the board of health has certified that 
the building is provided with a sufficient number of water-closets and urinals, and with good 
and sufficient means of ventilation ; and said board may from time to time require the licensee 
to thoroughly cleanse and disinfect all parts of said building and the furniture therein, to the 
satisfaction of said board. 

Sect. 5. In every public lodging-house a register shall be kept in which shall be entered 
the name and address of each lodger, together with the time of his arrival and departure, and 
such register shall at all times be open to the inspection of the police. 



ADVER-TISEMENTS. 



2;j9 



Norton Iron Co. 

Steel Structures 
and Architectural 

IRON WORK, 

Office and Works, SECOND ST.. 

EAST EVERETT, MASS. 



Members of Master Builders' Association. 



RUFUS H. ORNE. 



CHARLES LAWRENCE. 



Orne & Lawrence, 

MASONS . AND . BUILDERS, 



17 OTIS STREET, 



Telephone 1892. 



Boston. 



C. L. McKAY, 

Cz^rpcpter 
apci Builder, 



Residence, 8 SORRENTO ST., 



ALLSTON. 



Houses For Sale in Brookline. 



BIXBY BROTHERS 




Carpenters and Builders 

335 FOURTH STREET, 

South Boston, - Mass. 

J. J. BIXBY, 846 E. FOURTH ST. 

"Plans and Estimates for Construction 
fiirnished at short notice, for all kinds 
of Building Enterprises." 



240 A HALF CEXTVRY OV EOSTOx's BUILDIXU. 

Se<'t. C). The keeper of every public lodging-house shall at all times when required by 
any ofRcer of the building department, the health department, or the police department, give 
him free access to said house or any part thereof. 

Sect. 7. Whoever presumes to keep a public lodging-house, or is concerned or in any 
way interested therein, without being duly licensed as hereinbefore provided, shall be 
punished by line not exceeding one hundred dollars; and any keeper of a public lodging- 
house who violates any of the provisions of this act shall be punished by a fine of one hundred 
dollars, and the licensing board shall immediately revoke his license. 

Sect. S. This act shall take effect upon its passage. 

Approved .May 111, 1894. 

N. 

CHAPTEE 309 ( IF ACTS (JF 1894. 

AX AIT IOXCEKXIX(i THE STOKAfiE OF PETKOLEUM OK AXY OF ITS PKODUCTS, AS]) THE 
EliECTIOX AXD USE OF I;UILDIX(;S THEREFOR. 

Be it enacted, etc., tts ftiUows : 

Sectiox 1. No building for the storage, keeping, manufacture or refining of crude 
))etroleuni, or any of its products, shall be erected in any city or town unless the mayor and 
aldermen or selectmen thereof have granted a license therefor, prescribing the place where 
such building shall be erected, and the pjarticular location, materials, and construction 
thereof, witli such regulations as tn the height of chimneys, dimensions of building, and 
protection against fire as they deem necessary for the safety of the neighborhood; and no 
building heretofore erected and not now used for the storage, keeping, manufacture, or refining 
of crude petroleum, or any of its products, shall be hereafter used for any of said purposes 
in any city or town, unless the mayor and aldermen or selectmen thereof have granted a 
license therefor, with such regulations as to the height of chimneys and protection against 
tire as they deem necessary for the safety of the neighborhotxl. 

Skit. 2. Any license, as hereinbefore provided for, may be granted on a written 
ap[ilicatii)n, and shall be recorded in the records of the city or town. Upon application for 
such license the mayor and aldermen nr selectmen shall assign a time and place for the 
consideration of the same, and cause at least fourteen days" public notice thereof to be given 
at the expense of the applicant, in such manner as they may direct, in order that all persons 
interested may be heard thereon. 

Sect. 3. Any person, firm, or corporation engaged in- the business of, or using a building 
for, the storage, keeping, manufacture, or refining of crude petroleum, or any of its products, 
in any city or town, shall cnnform to such regulations as to the height of chimneys and 
protection against fire as the mayor and aldermen or selectmen of such city or town shall 
deem necessary for the safety of the neighliorhood ; but no regulations which the mayor and 
aldermen or selectmen have not now authority to impose shall be imposed upon or apply to a 
building or premises now and heretofore rrsed for the business aforesaid. 

Sect. 4. Any jierson erecting, occupying, or using a building, or occupying or using a 
building erected, in violation of the provisions of this act, or of any license or regulations 
granted or made as hereinbefore jirovided, shall be punished by fine not exceeding one hundred 



ADVEKTISEMENTS 

Box 73, Builders' and Contractors' Association, 
17 OTIS STREET, 



241 



CHARLES LOGUE, 
And Builder, 

OFFICE AND STORE FITTING A SPECIALTY. 

353 Commercial Street, 

BOSTON. 
All kinds of jobbing; promptly attended to. 

Ames & Joscelyn, 

CARPENTERS 

and JOBBERS, 

Circular and Band Sawing. 

WOOD TURNING, ETC. 

3 iQdia Square, r^ear Broad Street, 
BOSTON. 

Jobbing orders will receive prompt attention. 



William R. Maxwell, 



MANl-FACTtRER OF ANn DEALER IN 



FACE AND 



COnnON BRICK, 

Aouldcd and Paving I^ricl^s a ^P^-'cialtv. 

FIREPLACE BRICK ALWAYS ON HAND. 

Brick Yard, Medford, Mass. 

Residence, 30 Hedford St , Medford. 



BOSTON ADDRESS, 

Master Builders' Association, 
166 DEVONSHIRE ST. 

HlRA^r A. J.OVERING. )!ARRISON LOVERING. 

WILLIAM G. SOULE. 



Lovering Bros. & Soule, 



IMl'OKTKRS OI-- 



PLATE, WINDOW and 

. . PICTURE GLASS, 

CLEAR BEVELED PLATES. 



73 Portland Street, 



Boston. 



PLATE WAREHOUSE, 
34 and 36 Farnsworth Street. 



242 A }IAr.F I EXTURY Ol'" BOSTOx's lini.DrXG. 

dollars, or liy imprisonment in the jail or house of correction not exceeding one month, or by 
both, in the discretion of the court. 

Skct. 5. The supreme judicial court, or a justice thereof, or the siiperior court, or a 
justice thereof, in term time or vacation, may, by injunction or other suitable process in 
equity, restrain the erection, occupation, or use of a building, or the occupation or use of a 
building erected, in violation of the provisions of this act, or of any license or regulations 
granted or made as hereinbefore provided. 

Sect. 6. This act shall take effect upon its passage. 

A]>j,roi'e'/ JIai/ 18, IS'.U. 

0. 

CHAl'TER 444 OF ACTS OF 1894. 

Seitio.x ~>. The tire marshal, the hre commissioners of the city of Boston, the board of 
fire engineers in all towns and cities where such board is established, and the mayor and 
aldermen in cities and the selectmen in towns where no board of fire engineers exists, shall 
have the right at all reasonable hours, for the pjurposes of examination, to enter into and 
upon all buildings and jiremises within their jurisdiction. Whenever any of said officers 
shall find in any building or upon anj' premises combustible material or inflammable 
conditions dangeroiis to the safety of such buildings or premises they shall order the same 
to be removed or remedied, and such order shall be forthwith complied with by the owner or 
occupant of said building or premises : iiniriflcil, hnwerer, that if the said owner or occupant 
shall deem liimself aggrieved by such order he may, within twenty-four hours, appeal to the 
fire marshal, and the cause of the complaint shall be at once investigated by the direction 
of the latter, and unless by his autliority tiie order of the board above named is revoked, such 
order shall remain in force and be forthwith complied with by said owner or occupant. The 
fire marshal, fire commissioner, fire engineers, mayor, and aldermen, or selectmen, as afore- 
said shall make an immediate investigation as to the presence of combustible material or the 
existence of inflammable conditions in any building or upon any premises under their 
jvirisdiction, upon complaint of any person having an interest in said buildings or premises or 
property adjacent thereto. Any owner or occupant of buildings or premises, failing to 
comply witli the orders of the authorities above specified, shall be punished by a fine of not 
less than ten dollars nor more than fifty dollars for each day's neglect. 

P. 

CHAl'TER 90, ACTS OF 1890. 

AX ACT IX UELATKiX TO THE EMI'LOYMEXT OF CUSTODIANS OF ELEVATORS. 
Be it I'liarfed, i'fi\, as fnUoirs : 

Section 1. Xo person, firm or corporation shall employ or permit any person under 
fifteen years of age to have the care, custody, management or operation of any elevator, or shall 
employ or permit any person under eighteen j'ears of age to have the care, custody, manage- 
ment or operation of any elevator running at a speed of over two hundred feet a minute. 

Sect. 2. Whoever violates the provisions of this act shall forfeit a sum not less than 
twenty-five dollars nor more than one hundred dollars for each offence. 

Api,roi-e'l March 13, 1890. 



ADVERTISEMENTS. 



243 



C. BOULTEHHODSE, 



^arpeoter 



-AND- 



^ 



guilder, 



5 HOWARD PLACE, 



ROXBURY. 



D, M, OCONNELL, 



Contractor'4uil(ler 



19 Winship Street, 



BRIGHTON, 



MASS. 



H. R. RUGGLES, 

Contractor and Builder, 



Residence, 158 BIGELOW STREET, BRIGHTON. 



AH Jobbing tlone promptly and in the best ma?i- 

ncr. We also make a specialty of all kinds 

of Office Furniture, Desks, Book Cases, 

Store Fittings, Screens, Etc. 

PLANS AND ESTIMATES CHEERFULLY GIVEN. 



Shop, 352 to 356 Washington Street. 



TIMOTHY DESMOND, 



Architect and Builder, 



832 PARKER STREET, 



ROXBURY. 



244 A HALF CEXTCItV OF BOSTOx's BUILDI.VG. 

Q. 

CHAPTER 337, ACTS OF 1894. 

AX AIT liELATIVK TO FIRE ESCAPES ]N SCHOOLHOUSES. 

Be it eiKiiinl, etc., iit< folloics : 

In case a schoolliouse situated in any city has not lieen provided witli a safe and proper 

way of egress or other means of escape from tire, as required by chapter four hundred and 

twenty-six of the acts of tlie year eighteen hundred and eighty-eiglit, witliin six montlis 

after the written notice therein provided for, tlie mayor of such city, for the purpose of carr}-- 

ing out the provisions of said act, may, upon petition of one hundred citizens or taxpayers in 

said city, authorize the expenditure upon any such schoolhouse of not exceeding fifteen per 

cent, of the cost tliereof, payable from any moneys in tlie treasury of said city not otherwise 

oppropriated. 

Ai^proi-ed May 4, 1894. 

R. 

CHAPTEU 399, ACTS OF 1894. 

AX ACT < OXCERXINIl THE STORAfiK OF J'ETROLEUM OR AXY OF ITS PRODUCTS AXD THE 
ERECTIOX AXD USE OF nriLDIXliS THEREFOR. 

Be it enacted, etc.. ns fnlloirs : 

Sectiox 1. No building for the storage, keeping, manufai'ture or refining of crude i)etni- 
leum, or any of its products, shall be erected in any city or town unless the nia3'or and aldermen 
or selectmen thereof have granted a license therefor, prescribing the place where such building 
shall be erected, and the particular location, materials and construction thereof, with such 
regulations as to the height of chimneys, dimensions of building and protection against fire as 
they deem necessary for the safety of the neighborhood ; and no building heretofore erected 
and not now used for the storage, keeping, manufacture or refining of crude petroleum, or any 
of its products, shall be hereafter used for any of said purposes in any city or town, unless the 
mayor and aldermen or selectmen thereof have granted a license therefor, with such regulations 
as to the height of chimneys and jirotection against fire as they deem necessary for the 
safety of the neighborhood. 

Sect. 2. Any license, as hereinbefore provided for, may be granted on a written applica- 
tion, and shall be recorded in the records of the city or town. Upon application for such 
license the mayor and aldermen and selectmen shall assign a time and place for the 
consideration of the same, and cause at least fourteen days' public notice thereof to be given 
at the expense of the applicant, in such manner as they may direct, in order that all persons 
interested may be heard thereon. 

Sect. 3. Any person, firm or cfU'poration engaged in the business of, or using a building 
for, the storage, keeping, manufacture or refining of crude petroleum, or any of its products, 
in any city or town shall conform to such regulations as to the height of chimneys and 
protection against fire as the maj'or and aldermen or selectmen of such city or town shall 
deem necessary for the safety of the neighborhood ; but no regulations which the mayor and 
aldermen or selectmen have not now authority to impose shall be imposed upon or apply to a 
building or premises now and heretofore used for the Inisiness aforesaid. 



ADVEKTISKMENTS. 



245 



THOMAS J. JOHNSON, 



DEALER IN 



Doors, Windows, Blinds, 



WINDOW AND DOOR FRAHES. 



77) WASH/NGTON ST., 



Boston. 



Estimates . Promptly . Furnished. 

Telephone . Connection. 



MORRIS GUTLON, 



Real Estate & Builder, 



Residence, 13 Montrose Street. 



ROXBURY, 



MASS. 



Charles E. Qould, 



CARPENTER 



AND 



BUILDER, 



765 WESTVILLE STREET, 



Dorchester. 



CRUISKSHANK & TEED, 

Carpenters and Builders, 



1 CARLOS STREET, 



Or No. 3 Dorr St., 



DORCHESTER. 



24() A HALF CEXTCnV OF BOSTOX"s BUILDIXG. 

Sect. 4. Any person erecting, occupying or using a building, or occupying or using a 
building erected, in violation of the ])ro\'isions of this act, or of any license or regulations 
granted or made as hereinliefore jirovided. shall be punished byline not exceeding one hundred 
dollars, or by imprisonment in the jail or house of correction not exceeding one month, or by 
both, in the discretion of the court. 

Sect. 5. The supreme judicial court, or a justice thereof, or the superior court, or a 
justice thereof, in term time or vacation, may, by injunction or other suitable process in equity, 
restrain the erection, occupation or use of a building, or tlie occujjation or use of a building 
erected, in violation of the provisions of this a-t, or of any license or regulations granted or 
made as hereinbefore provided. 

Sect. (>. This act shall take effect upon i)assage. 

Ajyprored Muij 18, 1894. 
S. 

CHAPTER 481. ACTS OF 1894. 

AX ACT IX KELATIOX TO THE IXSPECTIOX HEl'ARTMEXTS OF THE DISTRICT POLICE AXI) THE 

IXSPECTIOX OK liUILDINGS. 

]U It innctrd. I'ff., as fiiUoirs : 

Section- 44. Every owner, lessee, proprietor or manager of a hotel situated in this 
Commonwealth, which is not otherwise suitably provided with fire escapes for the protection 
of human life in case of fire, or of a lodging house containing ten or more rooms above the 
second story, shall place or cause to be placed a knotterl rope or other better appliance for use 
as a fire escape in every room of said hotel used as lodging room, except rooms on the ground 
floor, which knotted rope or other better aiipliance shall be securely fastened at one end of it 
to a suitable iron hook or eye to be securely screwed into one of the joists or timbers next 
adjoining the frame of the window, or one of the windows of said room at least five feet 
from the floor, which rope shall be at all times kept coiled and exposed to the plain view 
of any occupant of said room; the coil to be fastened in such manner as to be easily and 
ipiickly loosened and uncoiled; such rope shall contain knots not more than eighteen inches 
apart, and a loop on the end at least three inches in length, and shall not be less than one-half 
inch in diameter and of sufficient length to rea(di from such window to the ground. Such rope, 
iron hook or eye and fastenings shall be of sufficient strength to sustain a weight of four 
hundred jiounds, and there shall be plain directions how to use such rope or other better appli- 
ance j)rinted and posted within six inches of the hook or eye to which the rope is fastened. 

Sect. 45. It shall be the duty of the inspector of buildings of every city or town in the 
Commonwealth, or if there is no such officer, of the chief engineer of the fire department of 
every city or town in the Commonwealth, in the month of Jtay of each year to inspect every 
room of every hotel and lodging house of ten or more rooms above the second story, in the 
city or town in which he is performing the duty of inspector of buildings, or of chief engineer, 
and to ascertain if the provisions of this act are complied with, and to report the condition of 
the rope or other better appliance to the chief of the district police. 

Sect. 58. Any person violating the provisions of sections forty-four and forty-five of this 
act as to fire ropes in hotels shall be punished by a fine of not more than five hundred dollars. 







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ADVEKTISKME>fTS. 



247 



T. F. WALSH, D. D. KEARNS, 

. . . Architects . . . 

165 Tremont Street, Rooms 30 and 31, 
BOSTON, MASS. 



ESTABLrSHED 1891. -^ 

E. A. BENNETT, 

PLASTERING. 


G. S. Haliwell, 

CARPENTER ^^ ^^ 
* '^ AND BUMLDER, 


-^ ^ MASON o «- 


COUNTERS BUILT. 


BRICKLHYINC. 


BUILDINGS REMODELED. 


Whitewashing, Whitening 

. . . and Coloring. 

Residence, 1403 Dorchester Avenue. 


27 FULTON STREET, 

Boston, Mass. 



SEND FOR A COPY 



Schools and Schoolboys of Old Boston 

Published by LOUIS p. HAGER, 

12 Pearl Street, - - Boston. A\ass. 



24S A HALF CEXTIFY OF BOSTOX's BlILDING. 

or liy imprisiiiiment in the county jail or liou?e of forreption for not more than six montlis. or 
by botli sucli tine and imprisonment. 

Sect. 6.'3. Section eleven of eliapter one hundi-eil and three, and sections one, two, three, 
four, five, six, seven, eight, nine, ten, eleven, twelve, thirteen and fourteen, twenty-one, twenty- 
two and twenty-four of chapter one hundred and four of the Public Statutes ; chapters two- 
hundred and eight and two hundred and sixty-six of the acts of the year eighteen hundred and 
eighty-two; chapter one Imndred and seventy-three of the acts of the year eighteen hundred and 
eighty-three ; chapter tifty-two of the acts of the year eighteen hundred and eighty-four ; chapters 
one hundred and seventy-three and two hundred and sixty of the acts of the year eighteen hundred 
and eighty-six;, chajiters one hundred and thirteen, three hundred and ninety-nine and four 
hundred and twenty -six of the acts of the year eighteen hundred and eighty-eight; chapters 
eighty-three, one hundred and seventy-nine, three hundred and seven and four hundred and 
thirty-eight of the acts of the year eighteen hundred and ninety; cha])ter three liundred and 
two of the acts of the year eighteen hundred and ninety-one ; chapters one hundred and eleven, 
one hirndred and ninety-nine and three hundred and eighty-seven of the acts of the year 
eighteen hundred and ninety -three, and chaptei-s three hundred and thirty-seven and three 
hundred and forty-one of the acts of the year eighteen hundred and ninety-four, and all acts 
and parts of acts inconsistent herewith, are hereby repealed, 

Approred Juui' 16, 1894. 

T, 

CHAPTER L'l.!, ACTS OF 1895. 

AX ACT RELATIVE To THE Lie KXSlXli AX]> 1;L:(;VLATIX(; OK STABLES TX ( ITIES, 
Be it ClUtftrd, etc., (IS fo^lous: 

Sectiox 1, Xo person shall hereafter erect, occupy or use for a stable any building in 
any city whose population exceeds fifty thousand, unless first licensed so to do by the board 
of health of said city, and in such case only to the extent so licensed. 

Sect. 2. The foregoing provisions shall not be construed to prevent any such 
occujiation and use which may be authorized by law at the time of the passage of this act 
to the extent and by tlie person or persons so authorized: prorldfid, however, that the board 
of health of any such city may make such regulations or orders respecting the drainage, 
ventilation, number of animals, and the storage and handling of manure, in any existing 
stables in their respective cities as in their judgment the public health reijuires. 

Sect. 3. AVlioever vi(dates the provisions of this act or of any regulation or order 
made pursuant thereto, shall be punished by a fine of five dollars for each day such offence 
continues; and any court having e(juity jurisdiction may restrain any such erection, 
occupation or use contrary to the provisions of this act. 

Approved Ajtril 4, 18'.)."). 

u. 

CHAPTER 227, ACTS OF 1895. 

AX ACT RELATIVE TO LAYIX<i SEWERS ) X" PRIVATE STREETS. 

Be if ciiiicfed, etc.. nx folhnrs: 

Any city or town may, if tlie city council of such city or the legal voters of such town so 



ADVERTISKMENTS. 



240 













< OXDO 0N3O O 1 



S. L. HOLT 6- CO. 



No. 67 Sudbury Street, 



Boston, Mass. 



MANUFACTURERS AND DEALERS IN 



Steam Boilers and Engines 



FOR ALL KINDS OF DUTY. 



STEAM, POWER AND DRAINAGE PUHPS 

FOR CONTRACTORS AND IRRIGATING PURPOSES. 






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Wotf 0*3^ ot; ow olf c 



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WE ALSO MAKE A SPECIALTY 

OF ERECTING COMPLETE 

STEAM PLANTS FOR 

ELECTRICAL AND HANUFAC- 

TURINQ PURPOSES. 

SEND FOR OUR CIRCULAR AND 

QUOTATION. 



250 A irALF CKXTUKY OF BOSTON'S BTILDIXU. 

vote, provide by ordiuaiice or bv-l;nv. with a penalty uot exceeding twenty dollars far its 
violation, that every sewer or drain laid in any land or street or way, public or private, 
opened or proposed to be opened for public travel and accommodation, shall be deemed to be 
a main drain or commou sewer, and that no such drain or sewer shall be laid or connected 
with any existing common sewer, except by the board or officers of such town or city 
authorized to lay, make and maintain main drains or common sewers. When such sewer or 
drain is laid in any private way or laud, such owner or owners shall not be liable to any 
assessment levied or to be levied for such sewer or drain, except for the cost of connecting 
such sewer or drain with common sewers or drains already established. 

Aj,prore,l April 4, 1895. 

V. 

chaptp:Pv 3r)2. acts of isd."). 

AX ACT KELATIVE TO ADVERTISIXO SIOXS AXO STRUCTURES ENCROACHIXC OX rUBLlC WAYS 

IX THE CITY OF BOSTOX. 

Be it enacted, etc., (is foUou-s : 

No person shall place or maintain any sign or advertising device upon any post in any 
public way in the city of Boston otlier than by painting; nor place or maintain upon any 
building or other structure any sign pirojecting into any sucli way more than one foot, nor 
any other thing projecting into any such way nn.ire than four feet, nor any sign or other 
projection the lowest part of Avhich is less than ten feet above the sidewalk thereof, except 
that any awning, lamp, illuminated sign, and the fixtures thereof, the lowest part of which is 
not less than seven feet six indies above the surface of the sidewalk, may, until the right to 
maintain the same is revoked, be maintained as it is at present, or, if hereafter placed, be 
maintained as specified in any jicrmit issued therefor by the officer ajipointed to have cliarge 
of tlie repairs of sucli ways ; and any person violating any of the preceding provisions for 
more than five days after he is notified by said officer that he is so doing shall be punished 
by a fine of two doUars for each day tliat sucli violation continues after said notice. 

A2iproc('d Mill) 2. 1895. 

w. 

CHAPTEi; .".89. ACTS OF 1895. 

AX ACT TO ABATE THE SMOKE XUISAXCE IX THE CITY' OF BOSTOX. 

Be it enacted, etc., as foUu/cs. 

Sectiox 1. In the city of I'.ustou the emission into tlie open air of dark smoke or tliick 
gray smoke for more than five minutes continuously, or the emission of such smoke during 
more tlian twenty-five per cent., of any continuous period of twelve liours, is liereby 
declared a nuisance. 

Sect. 2. Whoever commits sucii nuisance, or suffers the same to be. committed uiinu any 
premises owned or occupied l)y him, or in way participates in committing the same, shall be 
punished by a fine of not less than ten nor more than one hundred dollars for each week 
(luring any part of which such nuisance exists. 

Sect. o. The mayor of said city sluUl. witliiu one month from tlie passage of this act, 



A DVEKTISEMENTS. 



251 



L. J. O'TOOLE. 



FRANK VOSE. 



O'TOOLE & VOSE, 

. Builders . 

Apartment Houses ..^^ 

FOR SALE. 

.^ Stores and Suites 

TO LET. 

Office, Cor. Northampton St. and Harrison Ave., 

BOSTON. 



F. Cummings, 

to DUNHAM STREET. 

BOSTON. 



H. D. Morehouse, 

28 ELMONT STREET. 
DORCHESTER. 



CUMMINGS & MOREHOUSE, 
eONTRABTORS * ANB * ByiLBE^S, 



Designs ao<I Estirnzvtes Furnisbe<l. 
Houses For Sale. 



Office, 440 TREHONT STREET, 



BOSTON. 



Dorchester Office, 28 Elmont Street. 



252 A HALF I KXTL'KY OF BOSTON'S BUILDING. 

designate some proper person from among the ofBcers of said city, wlio shall be charged with 
its enforcement. Such designation shall thereafter be made in ."laniiary of each year, but 
shall be subject to change at any time. 

Sect. 4. The officer so designated may apjily to tlie supreme judicial or superior court, or 
any justice thereof, for an injunction to restrain the further operation of any steam boiler or 
boilers which are being operated in such a manner as to create a nuisance under the provisions 
of this act. And said court or justice may, after hearing the parties enjoin the further 
operation of any such boiler or boilers, and may also, if deemed just and necessary, annul 
any license or permit which may have been granted for the maintenance or operation of the 
same. 

Sect. 5. Chapter three hundred and tifty -three of the acts of the year eighteen hundred 
and ninety-three is hereby repealed ; but this act sliall not affect any act done or prosecution 
pending at the time when it takes effect. 

Sect. G. This act shall take effect on the first day of July in the year eigliteen hundred 

and ninety-five. 

Approri'd JSImj 17. 1895. 

X. 

CHAl'TEK 449, ACTS OF 1895. 

AN A( T TO I!EVISE THE < HAKTEIt OF THE CITY OF BOSTON. 

Be it enacti'd, etc.. as folliurs : 

Sect. 24. The department for the inspection of buildings of the city of Boston shall 
hereafter be known as the Vniilding department, and the title of the officer in charge thereof 
shall be the building commissioner, and all the powers and duties of the inspector of buildings 
of said city shall be exercised by said building commissioner. The officers appointed as 
deputies under said commissioner shall hereafter be termed building inspectors. 



A. 

OKDIXAXCES OF 1892 — CHAl'TER 3, 

CONCERNINf; 

THE USE OF BITUMINOUS COAL. 

Ill tlie Year One Thousand Eight Hiuulretl and Ninety-two. 
AN ORlilNANl E TO AMEND IHAl'TKR FOFITY-THKEE OF THE REVISED ORDINANCES OF 1892. 

Bi' it ordoiucd lnj the Citij Council of Boston, as fo//o7Vs: 

Section 1. Chapter 43 of the Revised (Ordinances of 1892 is hereby amended by inserting 
between sections ninety-eight and ninety-nine the following new section to be numbered 
ninety-nine, and sections now numbered ninety-nine to one hundred and three, inclusive, with 
said amendment, to be renumbered one hundred to one hundred and four respectively. 

Sect. 99. No jierson shall use bituminous coal for the purpose of generating steam in 
boilers in any building, unless the furnace in which said coal is burned is provided with some 
effectual device for consuming its own smoke. 



ADVERTISEMENTS. 



253 



J. J. KENNEY, 

Practical Plumber, 
Sanitary Drainage, 

AND VENTILATION. 

15 Lauriat Ave., Dorchester Dist., 

BOSTON. 



First Class Work Guaranteed. 
Estimates Furnished. 



GAY'S HOTEL 



EUROPEAN PLAN. 



1143 to 1147 U/asl^i^^top Street, 



COR. DOVER. 



BOSTON, MASS. 



V 



GEO. GAY, 



Proprietor. 



H. S. FREEMAN, 



f{re\)\teet apd Builder, 



Office, 526 TREMONT ST., 



BOSTOIT- 



WM. 0. HOGABOOM & GO. 

(With I. G. Hersey, 4 Years.) 

CARPBNTBRS 

. . . KND . . , 

BUILDERS, 

JOBBING A SPECIALTY. 

OFFICE'AND SHOP, 

49 WAREHAM STREET, 



TELEPHONE, 



BOSTON. 



254 A HALF CENTUKY OF BOSTOx's liUlLDIXG. 

B. 

EEVTSED ORDINANCES OF 1S92, CHAPTER 17. 

IXSJ'Ec TIllX UF BUILDlXli.S DEPAKTMEXT. 

Sectiox 1. The department for the inspection of buildings shall be under the charge of 
the inspector of buildings, who shall, in accordance with the statutes and ordinances, issue 
])ermits for and inspect the erection and alteration of buildings in the city; shall keep a 
register of the names of all persons carrying on the business of plumbing, who shall apply to 
him to be registered; shall issue iiermits for doing plumbing work, and shall, by himself or 
one of his assistants, inspect the plumbing work in a building within forty-eight hours after a 
notice of tlie completion of such work, required by the ordinances to be given, has been left at 
the office of said inspector; and may appoint, not exceeding twenty-four, assistant inspectors 
for duty in liis department. 

c. 

REVISED ORDINANCES OF 1S92, CHAPTER 42. 

EKErTIOX AXD F.KPAIi; OF WCKlDEX BUILDINGS OUTSIDE BUILDING LIMITS. 

Sectiox .30. The buihling limits provided for in section 21. chajiter 374, of the acts of 
the year 1885, are hereby established as follows : All tliat portion of the city which is included 
within a line beginning at the intersection of the centre lines of Dover and Albany streets, 
and thence running east through the centre of said Dover street to the harbor commissioners' 
line ; thence by the said harbor commissioners' line around the northerly portion of the city to 
a point on Charles river at the intersection of said line with the easterly line of St. Mary's 
street extended; thence along said easterly line of St. Mary's street and the boundary line 
between Brookline and Boston, to the centre of Longwood avenue; thence through the centre of 
said avenue to the centre of Bumstead lane ; tlience through tlie centre of said lane to the centre 
(if Ward street; thence through the centre of said Ward street to the centre of Parker street; 
thence through the centre of said Parker street to the centre of Ruggles street; thence through 
the centre of said Ruggles street to the centre of Washington street; thence through the centi'e 
of said Washington street to a point opposite the centre of Palmer street; thence through the 
centre of said Palmer street and through the centre of Eustis street to the centre of Hampden 
street; and thence through the centre of said Hampden street and tlie centre of Albany street 
to the ])oint of beginning; the said district being shown on a plan made by the city surveyor, 
dated June 28, 1881, and deposited in his office. 

Sei't. .'U. Every person proposing to erect a wooden building outside the building limits, 
or in any manner to alter one already erected, sliall, fifteen days at least before commencing 
work thereon, file an application with the said inspector for a permit therefor, containing a 
statement of the dimensions of the structure proposed, and of the material to be used therefor, 
or of the alteration to be made, the number or precise location on the street, and the name of 
the owner or owners of tlie land. 

Sect. .'52. Every such liuilding shall have a foundatiim of stone or brii-k carried up to the 
surface of the ground, and tlie foundation, if of brick, shall not be less tlian twelve inclies 
thick, and hiid in cement mortar; if of rubble-stone, shall not be less tlian sixteen inches 



AUVEKTISKMEXTS. 



THE SMITH DESK COMPANY, 



Manufacturers 
of ^ 



Roll = Top Desks, 




BANK AND OFFICE FURNITURE. 



Nos. 51 and 53 Cornhill, 



BOSTON, 



MASS. 



FACTORY, 101 AND 103 WEST CANTON STREET. 



2.'56 A HALF ( EXTUUY OF liOSTOx's BrH.DIXi;. 

thick when hiid in eeinent iiiortav, and not less than twenty inches tliick when laid dry ; if of 
block stone, shall not lie less than sixteen inches thick, and laid in cement mortar; all such 
foundations shall be laid not less than four feet Ijelow the surface which is exposed to frost, 
and upon the solid ground, or upon at least one row of piles spaced not over three feet on 
centres, in the direction of the length of tlie wall, driven to a solid bearing, with the tops cut 
off at a proper grade, and capped with footing courses of stone, or shall rest upon other solid 
superstructure; if the building is to be used for a workshop or other like jjurpose. or for a 
temporary structure, ami built upon soft and marshy land, the foundation may consist of mud 
sills, or blocking, or piles cut to the height of grade, as the inspector may deem best. 

Skct. 83. Every such wooden building shall be built with posts, girts, and plates, 
jiroperly mortised, tenoned, braced, and jiinned in each storj^ and supported by suitable studs, 
not more than thirty-two inches apart; if the building exceeds four hundred feet in area and 
fifteen feet in height, the posts and girts shall not be less than four by eight inches. 

Skct. 34. Every such wooden building to be used as a dwelling-house shall not be more 
tiian forty-five feet in height from the grade of the street or place upon which it is to be 
ei-ected, nor shall any wall tliereof (unless made of brick at least eight inches thick, and 
built up t ) the under side of the roof covering, and the said covering laid and embedded in 
luortar upon the wall or built up twelve inches above the roof and covered witli metallic 
covering) be nearer than one foot six inches to the line of any adjoining lot, nor if there is a 
dwelling-house upon the adjoining lot, be nearer than three feet to such dwelling-house. 

Skct. 3o. Every such wooden building to be used as an L to a dwelling-house shall not 
exceed tweuty-five feet in height, nor more than four hundred and fifty sipiare feet in area; 
such L may be built without a brick wall between it and the main building. 

Skct. 3(>. Every such wooden building to be a block of two or mm-e dwelling-houses 
shall have In-ick walls between the houses not less than eight inches thick, built up to the 
under side of the roof covering, and the said covering laid and embedded in mortar ujion the 
walls or built uji twelve inches above the roof and covered with metallic covering. 

Skct. 37. Every such wooden building to be used for any purpose other than that of a 
dwelling-house shall not exceed fifty-tive feet in height from the grade of the street or place 
upon which it is to be erected, nor shall an)- wall thereof (unless uuide of In-ick at least twelve 
inches thick, and built up to the under side of the roof covering, and the said covering laid 
and embedded in mortar upon the Avail or Imilt up twelve inches above the roof and covered 
with metallic covering) be nearer than four feet to any other wooden building which is less 
than twenty-five feet in height, nor nearer than ten feet to any other wooden building which 
is twenty-five feet or more in height, but the exception hereinbefore mentioned shall not 
apply to stables. 

Skct. 38. Every such wooden building, to l)e used for any purpose other than that of a 
dwelling-house built in a range of more than fifty feet, shall have an intercepting brick wall 
not less than twelve inches thick Inult up to the under side of the roof covering, and the said 
covering laid and eml)edded in nrortar upon the wall or built up twelve inches above the roof, 
and covered with metallic covering. 

Sect. 39. The requirements contained in the preceding five sections shall not apply to 
buildings erected or jilaced at a distance of fifty feet or more from every other building, and 
from every street or way used for public j)assage. 



A nVKRTISEMEXTS. 



J. E. WILBUR. 



Carpenter and Builder, 



13 BALLOU AVENUE, 



DORCHESTER. 



FRITZ KlJHNER, 

i/lRPENTER 4^ 
^ andSUILDER, 

Jobbing Promptly Attended To. 

Estimates Furnished, 

Residence, = 8 CHESTNUT AVENUE, 



MATHEW MORTON, 



Carpenter and Builder, 



20 JniLLIT STREET, 



.DORCHESTER. 



Warren D. Vinal, 



REAL ESTATE, 



54 . Devonshire . Street, 



BOSTON, MASS. 



XScorxi S. 



258 

D. 

EEVISED ORDINANCES OP 1892, CHAPTEE 43. 

No person shall conneet any steam exhaust pipe with any ventilating, waste, or drain pipe 
in a building-, inside of the tra}) of the drain-pipe placed near the foundation wall of the 
building. 

No person shall discharge anj' waste water or water from a sink or water-closet, except 
through a drain into a sewer or cesspool, or in accordance with a permit from the board of 
health. 

DRAINS. 

No person shall discharge into a public drain or sewer any steam, nor any other matter or 
thing wliich m;iy tend to cause an obstruction thereof, or a deposit therein, or any injury 
thereto. 

OPEXIXIjS IX, AND PR0.T?:€TI0XS IXTO STREETS. 

No person shall make any permanent excavation under the surface of a street, the inner face 
of the wall of which extends farther under the street than to a line eighteen inches inside the 
line of the outer edge of the curbstone or sidewalk. 

No person shall place or maintain a grating in a street, the spaces between the bars of 
which are more than one inch in width ; nor shall he extend any such grating more than 
eighteen inches from a building into a street. 

No person shall make a coal-hole or other opening in a street, except in accordance with a 
permit from the superintendent of streets. 

No person shall maintain an entrance to his estate by steps descending immediately from 
or near the line of a public street, unless the same is securely guarded. 

No person shall erect any canopy, awning, shade, shade-frame, or shade-curtain in any 
street, except in accordance with a permit from the superintendent of streets. 

No person shall insert a sign in any sidewalk, nor place or maintain a sign, show-bill, 
lantern, show-board, goods, wares, or other articles, so as to project into or overhang any street, 
except in accordance with a permit from the board of aldermen. 

No person shall oiien, occupy, or use any portion of a street, except in accordance with a 
permit from the superintendent of streets, nor without exhibiting such permit to any police 
ofRcer, when recpiested by him so to do. 

WOdDEX iiriLDIXIiS. 

No person shall erect, or in any manner alter a wooden building outside the building limits 
of the city, in violation of the requirements of the ordinances of the city, nor except in 
accordance with a permit from the inspector of buildings. 

I'EXALTY FOR VIOLATIOXS. 

.Whoever violates any provision of section eighty-four of this chapter shall be punished by 
a fine not exceeding ten dollars for each offence, and whoever violates any provision of any 
other section of this chapter shall Vie punished liy a fine not exceeding twenty dollars for each 
offence, and not only the person actually doing the prohibited thing, but also his employer and 
every other person concerned in so doing shall be punished by the said fine. 

Approv<'<l Mcrrh 3. 1892. 



ADVEKTISEMEXTS. 



L'59 



Cx. MERZ, 

Carpenter and Bailder, 



306 CENTRE STREET, 



Jamaica Plain. 



William Qately, 



H0U5E AND SIGN 



PAINTER, 



GRAINING AND GLAZING. 



520 PHRKER STREET, 



BOSTON HIGHLANDS. 



THOMAS FERRIE, 



Contractor for 



STEAM AND HOT WATER 

Heating . Apparatus. 



PLANS AND SPECIFICATIONS FURNISHED. 



72 Pearl Street, 

BOSTON, - MHSS. 



Personal Attention Given. . 

. . . All Work Guaranteed. 



Qilmore & Kenney, 

MASONS . AND . BUILDERS, 



DRAINS, SEWERS, &c. 



All Kinds of Brick and Stone Work. 



Residence, 80 CONANT STREET, 
Roxbury. 



ALL WORK PROMPTLY ATTENDED TO. 



2G(I A HAr.F CKN'Tl'UV OF KOSTUX's Bl-ILDI.\(;. 

E. 

CHAPTER ;;i, REVISED OEDIXANCES OF 1802. 

Every officer or Ijoard in cluirge of a department issuing a license or permit, shall insert 
therein a conilition tliat the person accepting the same shall conform to the statutes and 
onlinances and the specitieatious in the license or permit; tliat the license or permit may be 
revoked at any time hy the authority issuing it; that the violation of any of its specitieatious 
shall work an innuediate revocation of the license or permit, and that such person shall 
indemnify and save harmless the city from any damage it may sustain, or be required to pay, 
by reason of the doing of the work licensed or iiermitted, or by reason of an act or neglect of 
himself or of any of his employees relating to such work, or by reason of any violation of any 
specihcation; pvorldfd, that nothing herein contained shall be construed to pirevent the 
insertion of any other specifications deemed advisable by the authority issuing such license or 
permit. 

EARLY BUILDING LAWS. 

As nearly as can be ascertained the first laws enacted in relation to the const luction of 
buihlings were those of the colonial government, and were for the protection of the general 
community against the dangers that arose from the large number of buildings erected in a 
small space. As early as 1(592 the town of Boston had become so thickly settled, and the 
dangers from fire, owing to the combustible material used in the construction of the buildings, 
had become so threatening, that the Great and General Court enacted a law " for the better 
preservation of property and the safety of the inhabitants." The toAvn had been visited by- 
several disastrous fires, and these were more destructive because of the materials used in the 
buildings, wdiieh were constructed of wood, with thatched roofs and wooden chimneys. 

The first '-building law" of which there is any record was as follows: — "This Court, 
haning a sence of the great mines in Boston by fire, and hazard still of the same, by reason 
of the joyning and neeruess of their buildings, for prevention of damage & losse thereby for 
future, doe order & enact, that henceforth no dwelling house in Boston shall be erected and 
set vp except of stone or bricke, & coured with slate or tyle, on penalty of forfeiting double 
the value of such buildings, vnless by allowance & liberty obteyned otheruise from the 
magistrates, comissioners, & selectmen of Boston or major parte of them. And, further, the 
selectmen of Boston are hereby imi)owred to heare and determine, all contronersies about 
propertjes and rights of any person to build on the land wherein now lately the housing haue 
been burnt doune, allowing libertj- to appeale for any person grieved to the County Court." 

In the "Special Laws Relating to the City of Boston," published in 18'.>2, are given all the 
laws relating to buildings that have been passed b}' the General Court. While many of these 
have either been repealed or become inactive, thej- are interesting in connection with the 
growth of the town and city. Space will not admit of all of these laws being given in full, 
and with few exceptions only the title of the act will be given, ns from that the purpose of 
the law can be seen. 



ADVERTISEMEN'TS. 



2G1 



CHISHOLM & SULLIVAN, 



Carpenters 



and Builders, 



Jobbing Promptly Attended To. 



RESIDENCES: 



A. C. Chbholm, 
IS IIMGLESIDE STREET, 



Wm. Sullivan, 
206 HEATH STREET, 



ROXBURY. 



J. C. STOREY, 



\V. H. STORE^•. 



J. C. STOREY & CO. 

Oni.v Manufacturers of 

PHOErilX . BRAnD 

Roofing :•: Materials, 

DRY SHEATHING PAPER, TARRED 
SHEATHING PAPER, DEADENING FELT. 

Rosin=Sized Paper, Coal-Tar, Pipe Cement, 
Concrete Paving flaterials. 

NO. /O STATE STREET, 

Boston.. 

FACTORY AT SOUTH BOSTON, 

First St., between B and C Sts. 



John M. Brauneis, 



CARPENTER . . 



ANb 



BUILDER, 



936 PARKER STREET, 



ROXBURY. 



Repairing Promptly Attended To. 



JOHN W. COSDEN & CO. 

Sanitary Plumbers, 



STEAH AND GAS FITTERS. 



246 MASSACHUSETTS AVE., 



AND 



293 HANOVER ST., 



Telephone Connections. 



BOSTON. 



Residence, 78 St. Stephen St. 



2G2 A HALF CEXTURY DF BOSTOX'S BUILDIXG. 

Ill 1()'.)2 the above law, entitled '-An Act for Building witli Stone or Brick in the Town of 
Boston, and Preventing Fire."' was passed, and is the first one recorded in the "Special Laws " 
referred to. 

1810, chapter 124. An act to jireveiit livery stables being erected in certain places in the 
town of Boston. 

1817, chapter 171. An act to secure the town of Boston from damage by tire. 

Quite a time seems to have intervened before any further laws were found necessary, except 
such as related to the storage in buildings of certain combustible materials, and those of a 
similar nature not directly concerning the construction of buildings. 

1860, chapter 109. An act to amend " An act to prevent livery stables from being erected 
in certain places in the Town of Boston."' 

1869, chapter 369. An act concerning the erection of stables in the city of Boston. 

1871, chapiter 280. An act to provide for the regulation and inspection of buildings, the 
more effectual prevention of tire, and the better preservation of life and property in the city 
of Boston. 

This act created a department for the survey and inspection of buildings. 




l;llll,|il.\(l. ciOr.-VIIsIK I Al. WllAKl- AMI ATLANTIC AVEXUE, 
\;\ ri:i;M issKix ui- m. f. suli.iva.n. 



ADVERTISEMENTS. 



2G3 



ERASTUS E. PIPER, 

CARPENTER 



BUILDER, 



All kinds of Repairs and Alterations. 



101 WEST BROOKLINE STREET, 



Boston. 



RESIDENCE, 45 RUTLAND STREET. 



R. B. MOORHOUSE, 



CARPENTER, 



SHOP, 58 TROY STREET, 



Near Corner Albany, 



BOSTON 



DAVID CURRIER, 
Carpenter & Builder, 



GENERAL JOBBER, 



Residence, 21 HOWE STREET, 



DORCHESTER. 



M. F. SULLIVAN, 
Qarpepter a^d Builder, 



65 ATLANTIC AVENUE, 



BOSTON. 




THE BUILDING DEPARTMENT OF THE 
CITY OF BOSTON. 

i( )W few realize the extent and full import of tins particular department of tlie 
eity, and why ? Because the masses are not as individuals brouglit into business 
relations with it nor in contact with its members, and yet those who have 
liad to do with it can only in part speak of the immense amount of business 
transacted and duties performed. AVliat are the duties that are being jierformeil daily? 

From the first intimation of the owner's intention to build, and while the jjlans are being 
drawn, interviews are often had witli the department on matters pertaining to the construction 
of the law and its a])plication to the proposed structure, and preliminary plans are frequently 
features of these consultations. Upon completion of the plans and specifications, an 
application is nuide at the office for a permit, and a copy of the plans and sjiecifications must 
be filed witli the application. Eefore a permit can be granted the plans must be approved, 
and tliis means a minute examination into the proposed method of construction, quality and 
strength of materials, loads imposed, etc. ; and this examination often requires a boring or 
sounding of the soil to ascertain its condition, in order to properly determine the method and 
character of foundation and the loads that can be safely imposed. 

Tlie present building law of Boston defines that the "foundation, with the superstructure 
which it supports, shall not overload tlu:' material on wliich it rests: " while the law of New 
York reads: " Good, solid, natural earth shall be deemed to safely sustain a load of four tons to 
the superficial foot, or as otherwise determined by tlie superintendent of buildings." After 
being satisfied on this point and, if piling is required, that tlie piling is of sufficient number of 
rows and proper distance on centres, tlie grade for cutting off said piles is determined; and in 
establishing this grade the point in consideration is the proper and sufficient covering of the 
])iles in summer with tide or soil water. The general established grade in Boston is five (5) 
but is subject to change by the Inspector, who has full authority to establish sucli grades. 

We now come to the foundation. Eubble work may be used in buildings less than forty 
feet in height and in third-class buildings outside the building limit, and in no instance are 
round or boulder stones allowed. Bubble must be twenty-five per cent, thicker than granite 
fo\indations. Granite is re(piired to be in block stones and at least eight inches thicker than 
the wall overhead. Brick foundations must be at least twelve inches in thickness and four 
inches thicker than the wall overhead. Footings shall be stone or concrete, or both, or of 
concrete and stepped-up brickwork. Granite block stone footings are most commonly used, and 
must b? not less than sixteen inches in thickness, and at least twelve inches wider than tlie 
bottom width of foundation Avail, and are to be well bedded, laid crosswise, edge to edge. 

The walls overhead must lie of the prescribed thickness for the height intended and the 



ADVERTISEMENTS. 



.'65 



C. K. JEWETT, Prbs. 



N. M. JEWETT, Treas. 



Jewett Lumber Co. 

nanufacturers of and 
Dealers '" ^ 

LUMBER AND 

Builders' Wood=work, 

HARDWOOD AND PINE DOORS, WINDOWS, 

FRAMES, GUTTERS, MOULDINGS. 

OFFICE, WHARF AND FACTORY. 

QLENDON STREET, EAST BOSTON. 

Ttlephone, East Boston >(i. 2. 



At 166 DEVONSHIRE ST.. BOSTON, 

Room 57, 12.30 to 2 o'clock. 

JoJ^Q J. Qoo9 9 (?o., 
Coptr^ctorSr 

. . . HMD . . . 

Builders. 

Jobbing promptly attended to. 

Oice: No. 7 EXCHANGE PLACE, 

BOSTON, MASS. 



H. A. SLAKIN, 

HASON, BUILDER, 

AND CONTRACTOR. 

All Kinds of Building Work 
promptly attended to. 

E5TI/w^ATES FURNISHED. 



OFI^ICE : 



Room No. 41. 



Take Elevator. 



7 WATER STREET, 

Room 913 CARTER BUILDINQ, 

BOSTON, MASS. 

H. S. HUSSEY, 

BUILDING •• 

.AND 

Jobbing" 

Mason, 

183 a HARRISON AVE, 

BOSTON. 



Office Hours 12 to i. 



L'GG A HALF CKXTL-ltY OF BOSTOx's BUILDIXG. 

purpose of buililing, together with an additional thickness of four inclies for every twent_y-five 
feet or part thereof to the length of a truss over thirty feet, when trusses are used. Floor- 
bearing partition walls may he of four inches less thickness than reipiired for external and 
party walls of same height, provided the total thickness is not less than twelve inches. 

Next comes the constnietion of floors and roof and computation of materials used and 
method of use as to their strength and complying with the standards as established by law 
If the building is of steel-frame construction the computations are of particular moment and 
require in some instances the assistance of an engineer. 

Next comes the construction of flues and fireplaces, stairways and elevators, to see that 
the reiiuirements of law are complied with in these respects, and this is followed by the 
examination of pdans as to egress, light and air exposures, and other special requirements 
relating to particidar classes of buildings. Finally the method of plumbing is considered and 
if the plans and specifications show the building to conform to the requirements of law and 
the location has been approved as in accordance with application tiled, a permit is granted and 
recorded, and the inspection by the district inspector commenced. 

This work is divided into construction, jilumbing, elevators, egress and boilers, and in 
addition to this is the prosecution and special divisions. 

On construction the duties consist of "an examination as often as }iracticable " of the 
building in process of construction or alteration and a rejiort of all vi(dations of law; an 
inspection as to whether the materials used are as specified and in compliance with statute 
requirements, and as to whether the law is met in letter and spirit, and that all violations 
whether of omission or commission, are complied with or removed. IMemoranda are kejit of each 
day's observations, and at the completion of the building a final report is made, giving a 
complete and full description of the structure from foundation to apex, from wall to wall, and 
story by story, and is accompanied with plans. 

Plumbing inspection consists of approving the applications for work to be performed, an 
examination of work during its progress to see that proper materials are being used and in a 
sanitary manner, aiul testing of the work before it is used to see that the pipes are sound, free 
from holes, and that the joints are tight. A final is rendered on plumbing work at the 
completion of the building. 

Elevators and lioistways are inspected with reference to the safety devices to cars, doors 
gates or bars to openings in shafts, vertical red-painted iron bars to external windows, 
incombustilile constructed shafts, or the lining of existing wooden shafts with metal, the 
examination of the machinery for hoisting the car and the filing of complaints for violations, 
as well as the jilacarding of elevators and prohibiting their use. A report is made on all elevator 
accidents, but this work comes especially under the head of special work. In the examination 
of Ijuildings as to egress much care is taken to get a plan of the premises as they exist, and the 
matter is carefully weighed as to the possibilities and probabilities in case of fire or panic. 
Lights and gongs must be placed and regulated, and balconies and step-ladders constructed to 
afford the necessary relief in case of emergency. Eequisitions are is.sne<l only after a complete 
record has been made of the condition of the jn-emises. 

Next to be considered is the special work. For this purpose the entire department is liable 
to be detailed; or a detail may consist of one or more inspectors and a clerk, or the chief 



ADVEKTISEMENTS. 



267 



M. W. SANDS, 



North Cambridge, Mass. 



Offices, 166 Devonshire Street, BOSTON. 



AND AT YARD. 



BENJ. ROCKWELL, 

C^rpepter — ^ 
and Builder, 

14 LEARNED STREET, 



Off. Norfolk St. 



Dorchester. 



L E. BOYDEN, 

Plumbingi^ Gas Fitting, 



18 BRATTLE SQUARE, 



Near Quincy House, BOSTON. 



Telephone Connection. 



R. B. PLUMMER, Jr, 



eONTRAeTOR 
ANB BWILBER 



Master Builders' Association, 

166 DevonsMre St. 



Boston. 



268 A HALF CENTrRY OF BOSTOX's BrlLDIXG. 

inspector and clerk of department may attend to that duty. One inspector is detailed especially 
for that work, but ofttimes the necessity for a second or third detail in other directions exists 
and must he made with other members of the force. 

The statutes require an attendance by the department on all fires and a report on same, 
l>articularly giving the cause of fire, with a view, if in faulty construction, to remedy it in the 
future; further, to assist the engineers of the fire department by imparting such knowledge as 
may be possible as to condition of building on fire, and assisting the chief with advice as to the 
danger from falling walls, etc., and in case of necessity to protect the public from danger by 
removing or securing the dangerous structure. Xot onlj- must the department attend fires, 
but all accidents — whether by lightning, flood, explosions of gas or boiler explosions, falling of 
elevator cars, or injury to persons on or about buildings from any cause directly or indirectly 
resulting from anything attached to or connected with a building — must be examined and 
reported on, and this is what constitutes the special division. 

Under this head may be mentioned the explosion on Hanover Street, where it was necessary 
for the department, in order to ascertain the cause, to hold several examinations and place 
witnesses under oath, listen to direct and cross examinations and summing up of attorneys 
representing interested parties, in addition to the inspecl;ion of premises, and these hearings 
extended over a period of several weeks. 

Again, during the overflow of Stony Brook, for over three days ten members of the 
department, under the direction of the clerk of the dejjartment, remained constantly on duty 
(day and niglit), patrolling hy foot or in boat the entire district every two hours, making police 
station No. 10 the headquarters. This surveillance was necessary in order to i^revent any 
accident to buildings by the rushing waters undermining the foundations and washing out the 
supports. Afterward, when the flood had receded, a detailed examination was made of every 
building damaged, and this work alone constituted eight large volumes of records. The records 
were of great value to the city in the settling of claims, as the estimates of damage were made 
by exjierts and the i)articulars were all given. During this time several buildings were secured 
temporarily, liy order of the department, until the\- could be jiermanently secured by the 
owners. 

Several of the large fires have required more than the ordinaiy fire report, and the specials 
on these matters are exceedingly interesting and valuable. A description of each and every 
building damaged is given, and the fire and its cause described from incipiency to finish. The 
construction of the buildings and their weak and strong points are noted, and the fullest history 
of the fire given. Plans, surveys and yjliotographs are features of these reports and make 
records of inestimable value. Elevator and all other accidents appear in this division and often 
form the ground support t>f a suit at law, as the inspectors are summoned with these records 
into court to testify as experts. 

The office work is of a nature hard to describe, as no two days are alike; but, aside from 
the routine of taking applications, listing and indexing them, examining plans, recording 
and filing documents, indexing the records and granting permits, the time is consumed in 
consultations, and these take such a wide field that it is impossible to describe it. The 
correspondence is of no small moment, and the closing of comiilaints, preparing cases for 
in-osecution or injunctions for the law department are a part of this work. 



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ADVEKTISEMEXTS. 



2C9 



W. F. COTHER. 



J. H. VAIL. 



Boston Galvanizing Works, 

f\o. 145 pult09 S^-» 

BOSTON, = = MASS. 



GALVANIZING 

DONE TO ORDER. 

All orders promptly attended to. 
Estimates Furnished for all Classes of Work. 



Jerome Decorative Co. 

FRESCOING, DECORATIVE . . 
. . . AND PLAIN PAINTING. 

Composition Relief Worl^. 
Nev Designs. 

44 WARREN AVENUE, 



BOSTON, 



MASS. 



J. R. JEROME, Manager. 



DARLOW BROS. 

piy/T\ber5, 

'i 
Steam pitter5, 



. j^isro . 



Sanitary Er}<^\Y)eers. 



940 MASSACHUSETTS AVE., 



CAnBRIDGE, A\/\SS. 



AND 



Estimates Funiislied. Inquiries Solicited. 

J. M. E. MORRILL, 
^optr^ctor 

P uildgr , 

No. i48 CENTRE ST. °sr.?r?cr 
Boston, Mass. 



Estimates Furnished on Large Public 
Buildings and Fine Private Residences. 



^ 
^ 



270 A HALF CKXTUKY OF BOSTON S BUILDIXfJ. 

When it is known tliat in the hist decade alone there have been 10o,7S7 permits granted, 
and that these permits occasioned 396,212 examinations and 69,263 reports, some idea of 
the work accomplished may be gained. Bnt to realize in any great degree what the work of 
the department is, and of the immense value it is to the city in protecting the citizens from fire 
accident and loss of life, an acquaintance must be had individually with its workings and the 
force. A much more exhaustive account might be given of the department and its workings, 
but sufficient is known to place it in the foremost rank of departments for responsibilities and 
importance. 

The department was organized Oct. 2, 1871, after the attention of the City Council and 
Legislature had been repeatedly called to it by the chief of the fire department in his annual 
reports, by special messages and personal exhortations, and the public liad Ijeen aroused to the 
necessity of a building law. 

Many interests were joined in this work, and as a result the act of 1871, chapter 280— " An 
act to provide for the regiilation and inspection of buildings, the more effectual prevention of 
fire and the better preservation of life and property in the city of Boston" — was passed. The 
department organized with Mr. David W. Chamberlin as inspector, and Wm. H. Lee as 
clerk of department. The force consisted of two assistant inspectors. Mr. Oliver L. Shaw 
succeeded Mr. Chamberlin, and in turn was succeeded by the present incumbent, Capt. John 
S. Damrell, in 1877. Since Captain Damrell first took charge, the department in every 

respect duties, responsibilities and members — has increased three hundred per cent. ; and the 

success of the department, standing second to none, is largely due to the knowledge of building 
constru-ction, fires and their causes and methods of extinguishing same, the means necessary to 
prevent future catastrophes, the ability and tact to enforce the iron-clad building laws without 
making them obnoxious, possessed by the inspector, assisted by his able and discreet body 
of inspectors and clerks. 

Year after year the necessity for amending the laws became ajiparent, and in 1885, and 
again in 18'.t2, an entire revision and compilation of the building statutes was deemed 
advisable. The experience of Boston with her building statutes and the enforcing of them 
is being reiterated all o.ver the world ; and as long as new and progressive forms of construction 
continue to be presented, just so long will all laws be found to be inadequate to meet every 
emergency wliich may arise. When the public become well educated to the terms, conditions, 
and necessities of such a law, its advantages to them as a whole and as individuals, the city 
will immediately feel the improved conditions, and many of the annoying and disturbing 
features will disappear. There is no point so tender to mankind as the dollar, and to be 
forced to appropriate it in excess of any thought or inclination so to do, unless the necessity 
and desirabilitv is clearly understood, makes that man or woman an enemy to the law and 
blinds them to the good and honest intent of the executive enforcing it. 

The following is the roster of the deimrtment: 

John S. Damrell Commissioner of Buildings. 

diaries S. Damrell Clerk of Department. 

Michael W. Fitzsimmons Supervisor of Plans. 

Levi W. Shaw _ ■ • Supervisor of Egress. 

James J. I'arrv . .....■• Supervisor of Construction. 



ADVERTISEMENTS. 



271 



J. J. JOHNSTON, 

BUILDER. 

HOUSES for SALE 

AND 

TO RENT 



65 BAINBRIDGE STREET, 

ROXBURY, MASS. 

LEACE W. EDDY & CO. 

Carpenters and Builders 

Office, 709 Dudley St., DORCHESTER. 

Dudley Street Station. 

Shop, 283 Quincy St., ROXBURY. 

Bird Street Station. 



WE MAKE A SPECIALTY OF JOBBING. 



Shops open from 7.00 to 9.15 A. M. 



E. A. CLARK, 




,# 



* ANbiUILDER, 



24 LONGFELLOW STREET, 



FIELD'S CORNER. 



^T. DUFFN> 



Carpenters 



9 Upiop Street, 



EVERETT, 



Mass. 



272 A HALF ( EXTIIIY OF BOSTOX's BUILDI.VG. 

William IF rye . . . . . ' . . (Senior) Deinity Inspector of Buildings 

Hartford Davenport ........... •' '' 

George W. GrifRn " " " 

John Kelley " " " 

Nahum M. Morrison ........." '•' " 

James H. Collins '•' " " 

Thomas A. Slater .........'• " " 

Matthew Walsh 

Michael H. Hartnett " " 

William 1!. Bothamlv •' 

John J. Eea^an ........." " " 

Henr}- L. Jones ........." '' '' 

Abraham T. Rogers ....■..'..." '• " 

John T. Daly u u « 

Patrick 11. Costello •• '■ " 

George ilcDonnell .........■' " " 

J. Homer Edgerly ........... ■'■ " 

John I!. Fitzpatrick '• •• " 

The clerical force consists of: George M. Barnard, J. E. S. Damrell. Frank L. W^ells, James 
j\I. Burr, Barrie W. Cotter. John H. Mahoney, James 1' Keliher, Frank Gargan, James T. 
Mm-tagh, Kittie L. Wells, Winnie D. Harrison, Isahelhi E. Kelley. 

PERSONAL SKKTI IIKS. 

First, and at the head of this department, comes Capt. John S. Damrell. He was born 
in Boston and educated in her public schools. In early age he was orphaned. He worked on 
a farm in Haverhill until he was ten years of age, and then, in order to learn the trade 
of carpenter, he was apprenticed to Isaac ]SIelvin of Cambridge. At the end of his 
apprenticeship he came to Boston as a master builder, forming in 18o6 a copartnership 
with James Long, ex-aldermau of Somerville, which was dissolved eighteen years later. 
At this time attachments were placed upon his working capital and real estate, on 
account of his connection with explosion of Iniildings with powder in the great Boston tire of 
1872. and he was seriously embarrassed in his building operations on that account. In 18o0 he 
was united in marriage with Susan Emily Hill of Cambridge. Three daughters and two sons 
were born,. of whom only two sons are now living. From his boyhood he took a deep interest 
in matters pertaining to fires, and in 1848 he joined Hero Engine Company No. G. ]\Ir. 
D.imreirs father and his father's brothers were also members of the Boston tire department. 
After filling all subordinate positions in the grade of membership, he was elected in ISGS 
chief engineer of the fire de]iartment, and continued thus until it was placed under a 
commission in 1874. At Baltimore, in 187.''>, he was unanimously elected first president of 
the conventi<in of chief engineers, called in consequence of the conflagrations that had taken 
place in Portland, Chicago and Boston. He was the first president of the jMassachusetts 
State Firemen's Association, and is at present actively united with several firemen's associations. 
In the St.ite militia he served as lieutenant of tlie Mechanic liifles of ISoston. He is an 



ADVKKTISEMEXTS. 



273 



SOLE NEW ENGLAND AGENTS 

i-"U R 

lackey Print Paper Co. 

IMPORTERS AND MANUFACTURERS OF 

BLUE PROCESS PAPERS AND CLOTH, 

BLACK PRINT PAPERS, 

MOUNTED BLUE PRINT PAPERS, 

DRAWING AND DETAIL PAPERS. 



Boston Blue Print Company, 



MANUFACTURERS AND DEALERS IN 



Pholo-CopjiDg Papers, «is« Photo-Printers, 

Drawings, Plans, Etc., Reproduced on Paper or Clotli. 
BLACK AND WHITE PRINTS \2 India St., Bostoii. 



A SPECIALTY. 



Telephone 3638. 



TKT. 



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'"'"Miijiir^u'"'' 







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■ii''"i'%iPi! 



Pile Driver, Wharf ii Bridge Builder 

A/VD GENERAL CONTRACTOR, 

Office, 13^ Prescott St., EAST BOSTON. 



ESTIMATES FURNISHED. 



274 



A UATA' CEXTCRY OF BOSTON S BUILDIXO. 



houomvy lueinber of the Xational Lancers, a member of tlie Boston Veteran Fusileers, and a 
member of the Ancient and Honorable Artillery Company. Captain Damrell is one of the 
best known men iu Boston, being connected with the Odd Fellows, Eoyal Arcanum, Knights 
of Honor, Red Men, and is a Mason of the Thirty-second degree, and a Knight Templar. 
Since the organization of the Golden Eule Alliance he has been president of the supreme 
parliament. He is also connected with many other social and charitable organizations, and 
has been a State trustee of the School for Feeble-minded for the past fifteen years. His 
connection with the fire department has undoubtedly doue most in winning him liis enviable 
reiiutation. (.)f the science of extinguishing fires he has at all times been considered a 

master, while at the present time he ranks second to 
none as a building inspector and is actively and earn- 
estly engaged in forwarding all measures looking to the 
safety, beauty and advancement of tliis city and country 
iu its building interests. 

Charles Stanhope Damrell, Clerk of the Depart- 
ment, was born in Boston. He was educated in the jiublic 
»^^ * schools, and after graduating from the P^nglish High 

^j»^ ,.^ School took an advanced course. He first entered business 

in the real estate office of his father, and was subsequently 
ajipointed to a clerkship in the office of the inspector of 
buildings. In October, 1881, he was appointed chief 
clerk, which position he now holds, having the manage- 
ment of the department under the inspector, and having 
passed through the several grades. At present he is a 
member of the Boston Athletic Association, Washington 
Lodge of Odd Fellows (of which he is a Past Noble Grand), 
Hobomok Tribe of Bed Men, :Mt. Lebanon Lodge, St. 
I'aul's Eoyal Arch Chapter of Masons and Boston Com- 
3uandery of Knight Templars. He is a justice of tlie 
peace. 

Levi "Woodbury Shaw was born in New Durham, N. H. 
He learned the trade of building witli his father, was 
educated in the town schools and AYolfboro Academy, 

>^T -// (/ J/7/ y)^/^/l / ^ ^ ^^^^^ '''^"^^ ^° Boston in July, 1S50. He entered the fire 
' / J^,^^<^:X^ l/iy^'^iy LC^L^<>^ department in 1852. He has served over twenty years 

in the file department, three years as assistant engineer under Chief Engineer Damrell. 
He was established iu the building business in 1805 with John W. Morrison, under 
the firm name of L. W. Shaw & Co. The firm was dissolved in 1874, and the business 
continued by L. "W. Shaw until 1877. when he was appointed as an assistant inspector in this 

department. 

Xahum M. Morrison was born in Durham, N. H. He early came to Boston and learned 
the carpenter's and builder's trade. He constructed such notable buildings as the Boston Free 
I'liblic Librarv ami the Simmons and Eialto buildings. He erected several school-houses and 




ADVKKTISEMENTS. 



JAMES H. MARBLE, 



CARPENTER . . 



AND 



BUILDER, 



77 JOY ST. 



BOSTON. 



MASS. 



Prompt attention given to all orders. 



J. J. SHAW. 



Appraiser and Builder, 



17 EXCHANGE PLACE, 



TELEPHONE. 



BOSTON. 



Established 1S36. 



ISAAC RILEY, 



(Successor to Baird & Riley.) 



Plumber, 

5a9itary Ei^i^ir^eer, 



No. 85 JOY STREET, 



-Near Cambridge Street. 



Telephone ; 
294 HATMARKET. 



BOSTON. 



ESTAIILISHED 1S4O. 



Wn. J. ROUNDS, 
A\^soo & Wbiteper, 

No. 75 Joy St., 



BOSTON, 



MASS. 



Ranges, Grates, Furnaces and Boilers Set. 

LICENSED DRAINLAYER. 



276 A HALF (EXTrRY OF BOSTOx's BUILDIXG. 

police stations for the city of Boston, and also several large mercantile buildings in the 
business section of the city. He is an ex-member of the common council, is a veteran fireman 
and a member of the Massachusetts Charitable Mechanic Association, and a Knight Templar 
Freemason. He was at one time a first assistant assessor. He entered the department 
as assistant inspector in 1882. 

Matthew Walsh was born in Ireland. He carried on the plumbing business in Boston and 
Charlestown for many years, and became associated with the department in I880. He is an 
ex-member of the common coimcils of Charlestown and Boston, and is a veteran, having served 
as sergeant in the Fifth Massachusetts Eegiment, Company A, and as captain in the Ninth 
Volunteer Militia. 

John Kelley was born in Ireland. For many years he carried on the mason and building 
business in Boston and Charlestown. He erected the large Tudor building on Water Street, 
and altered the Catholic church on Bunker Hill Street. He was emploj-ed thirteen years in the 
United States navy yard, and is an ex-member of the common council and a veteran fireman. 

James J. Barrj' was bm-n in England. He was a mason and carried on building operations. 
He is an ex-meraber of the common council, aud served seventeen years in the State militia 
through all grades to captain, which position he held for eight years and six months. He is also 
actively connected with the Montgomery Liglit Guard Veteran Association, having for 
two years served as colonel. 

William Frye, senior assistant inspector of buildings, was born in Salem, iNIass. He was 
foreman for Mr. Xathaniel Adams, mason and builder, of Boston, and was appointed to his 
present office in 1873. 

Hartford Davenport was born in Dorchester, ^Mass. He was a carpenter and buililer of 
well-known ability, and entered the department in 1873, ranking with Assistant Inspector 
Frye. He is a ^lason. Odd Fellow, Knight of Pythias, veteran fireman, and a member of 
the Dorchester and Massachusetts Yacht clubs. 

George W. Griffin was born in Dorchester. He entered the department in 1874, previous 
to which time he was employed as mason and builder. He is a member of the Order of Free- 
masons and of the Kniglits of Pythias. 

Michael W. FitzSimmons was born in Boston. He learned the architect's profession in the 
office of Messrs. Suell & Gregerson, having served with them for ten years. Upon 
leaving them he embarked in liusiness for himself as an architect, which he continued until 
entering the department in 1878. Mr. FitzSimmons was paymaster of the First Battalion of 
Cavalry, on the staff of Major Young, and clerk of the Pvoxbury Veteran Association. He 
is also a member of the Eoxburj' Pieal Estate Association. 

John B. Fitzpatrick was born in Bangor. Me., and educated in the public schools 
of that city. He entered the service of the United States as a volunteer at the age of fifteen 
and served four years ; was honorably discharged. Went to work in Charlestown navy yard 
as machinist, serving eight years ; afterward invented several patents. Became interested in 
business with A. D. Puffer of Boston. In 1891 was appointed a building inspector. 

John H. ]Mahoney was born in Boston, educated in the pidilic schools and took a course in 
mechanical drawing at evening drawing school. He entered the employ of Fred A. Hatch, 
architect, in 1887, and was employed by the city architect from fall of 1887 until transferred 
to building department in 1892. 



ADVEKTISEMEXTS. 



277 



THOMAS O'LEARY, 



BUILDER 



121 Commt St., 



ROXBURY, - - - MASS. 




GEO. H, BARKER, 



CONTRACTOR, 



Carpenter and Builder, 

f^o. 34 Beuerly St., 



BOSTON, 



MASS. 



J. E. SWEENEY, 

Carpenter 
AND Builder. 



12 Oak Grove Terrace, 



ROXBURY, 



^\ASS. 



T. J. JIalotie d Co., 

Gutters and Conductors 

PUT UP AND REPAIRED. 

m Slate, Metal & Gravel Roofing N 

Ventilating and Elevator Well Tinning. 
2 BARRETT 5T. f^Z.^L 

BOSTON. 

Order Box, 12 CHAPMAN ST., 

36 Brattle St. Charlestown. 



Best Kefereiices given if required. 



lilb A HALF CEXTL'RV OF BOSTON" S BUILDING. 

Frank L. Wells was born in Boston, educated in the public seliools, and entered the office 
of the city messenger in 1879. He was transferred to the building department in ISSl. He 
is secretary of the Clover Club of Boston, and a member of other social organizations ; has a 
wide circle of ueipiaintance and is very popular. 

Thomas A. Slater was born in Boston and educated in the jiublie schools. He 
entered the navy in 1861, served eighteen months, and was honorably discharged for sickness. 
He went into the business of stone cutting, and renuiined in same until appointed inspector 
in I880. 

James H. Collins was born in Eastham, Mass., educated in the common schools, 
and apprenticed to Jonathan F. Locke of Boston. After serving for four years he entered 
business for himself. He constructed the Charlestown, Chelsea, Reading and Watertown 
gas works, and Iniilt over seventy brick dwellings; also built brick manufactory in Medford 
for Peter Hubljell. He was contractor for the mason work on the machine shop of Otis Tuits 
while the present head of the department. Captain Damrell, did the carpentering and mill- 
wrighting. In 18(:)8 he became superintendent of the Bay State Brick Company, making 
50,000,000 brick per year ; which position he held for ten years. Was elected an alderman of 
the city of Cambridge for the years 1S73-4, serving on committee on public buildings 
(chairman). Entered the building department in 1882. 

J. Homer Edgerly was born in Dover, X. H., and educated in the common schools. 
At the age of eighteen he entered the service of the United States as a private, and, after 
serving with marked distinction for four years and three months, was honorably discharged 
with the rank of captain and brevet major. Was breveted major on the field, at the storming of 
Fort Fisher, for hauling down the rebel flag and "leading a forlorn hope." This act was 
afterward ratified by Congress. Previous promotions were granted for meritorious conduct ; 
])articular]y that of captain, by order of General Butler, at the battle of New Market Heights, 
Va. Major, then Lieutenant, Edgerly placed a skirmish line nearer the city of Eichniond than 
the Union troops had ever before been. This was in 1804. under General Butler; and he was, 
in addition, especially mentioned in general orders. He served on the staff of Major General 
Hawley of Connecticut, now United States senator, as assistant provost marshal at Wilmington, 
N. C. Was bearer of dispatches for an exchange of prisoners at the North Fork of Cape Fear 
River, when 10,000 Union prisoners were released. AVas in charge, by special orders, of boat 
infantry on jiicket duty around Fort Sumter in the harbor of Charleston. This duty was 
done at night, and was not only extremely hazardous but unlike any other duty performed 
during the war. He captured a rebel picket in front of Petersburg just previous to the 
explosion of the Crater, l)y special desire of General Butler, who was looking for necessary 
information relative to the rebel forces. Was offered at the end of the war, by Major General 
Terry, the position of second lieutenant in the Regulars, but declined. Since the war Major 
Edgerly has held important positions in civil life, and was for years master mechanic in the 
Charlestowu navy yard. He is at present a building inspector, having been appointed in 1891. 

Abraham T. Rogers was born in Boston, and educated in the common schools and 
French's Commercial College. After graduating from school he entered the employ of his 
father, carpentering, where he remained for over twelve years. He was apptiinted deputy 



ADVEKTISEMEXTS. 



LEE TINGLEY, 

Painter and Decorator, 

HOUSE and SIGN 

Residence: No. 1 WHE BLOCK AVE, 

DORCHESTER. 

CARPENTER ^^ 
# BUILDERS, 

23 Beverly Street, 

and i66 Devonshire St., 

Master Builders' Association, Box 204, 

BOSTON. 

Geo. L. Richardson. Wm. N. Young 



JOBBING PROMPTLY ATTENDED TO. 



FRANKLIN S. PHELPS & CO., 

15 DOANE STREET, BOSTON. 
Telephone Connection. 

Fire and Marine Insurance Underwriters. 

Particular attention paid to assured's interests in 
settling losses. liest companies. Lowest rates. 
Agents of London Assurance Corporation. 

{Marine.} 

Franklin S. Pheh'-s, Notaries 
J.\MEs F. Phelps, Public. 



ARTHUR W, JOSLIN, 

Architect »»- Builder, 



32 Ruggles St., 



ROXBURY, 



MASS. 



Hours : 7 to 9 a. jr.. dailv. 



280 A HALF CENTURY OF BOSTOx's BUILDING. 

inspector in 1888, liavin.i;- previously served as a clerli in the department. He is associated 
with Inspector Costello in the inspection and supervision of elevators. Was a member of the 
common council in 1880-82. 

Patrick H. Costello was born in Ireland, and educated in the Roxbury public schools. 
He served his time with Levi Chubbuek and George ^Mason, in heating and ventila- 
ting, and was afterward assistant foreman for Mr. Chubbuek. Carried on business as 
heating and ventilating engineer in Hotel Pelham for five years, and entered the building 
department in 1888 as an inspector. "Was a member of the common council in 1885. He is 
a member of the Eoyal Arcanum, a Knight of Honor, and belongs to several other social and 
beneficial organizations. Is an ex-lieutenant in the Montgomery Light Guard Veteran 
Association. 

George McDonnell was born in Ireland, and educated in the Boston public schools. Entered 
the service of the United States when a boy at the age of fourteen, and served for two years 
and two months ; was honorably discharged. After the war he learned the carpentering 
trade with his father. He carried on the business of carpentering with his father, 
and afterward alone, for a period of twenty years, until he was appointed inspector in 
the architectural department under Bateman. He was connected with that department 
for six years, until transferred to the liuilding department in 1889. He is a member 
of the American Legion of Honor and of several other organizations. 

John J. Reagan was born in Boston, and educated in the public schools. He first 
entered the employ of Jolm A. Whippde, piiotographer, and remained with him for four 
years ; then entered the sliop of W. H. Greenleaf, plumber, serving full time and remaining 
in his employ for a period of twenty years, until appointed a building inspector in 1887. 

Michael H. Hartnett was born in Ireland, and was educated there. He came to 
America at the age of nine years and entered the grocery store of Lawrence McCarthy. 
Four years later he was aiijirenticed to Thomas Floyd, remaining full time. He then went to 
California, mining. He returned to the East and engaged in business as master plumber. 
Mr. Hartnett was appointed a building inspector in 1883. While in business he did the 
plumbing in some of tlie largest buildings in Boston, and was recognized as one of the leading 
plumbers, 

Henry L. Jones was born in Litchfield, Me. Soon removed to Belfast, Me., where 
he received his education in the public schools. At eighteen he commenced to learn the 
trade of house and sliip Vtuilding, at whicli he worked as apprentice and journeyman until 
18fi2, when he removed to Boston, working as journeyman until 18GS. He then went into 
business fur himself, continuing until sliortly before lie was app)ointed building inspector, 
in February, 1887. 

Barrie W. Cotter was born in Cork, Ire., in 1837, and educated in the luiblic schools of 
Xew York City. He entered the L^nited States army, Seventh Infantry, in 1855, and was 
lionorably discharged in 1857, as first sergeant. At the breaking out of the war he enlisted 
in the Eleventh Infantry, Regulars, and was promoted to sergeant, and then transferred to the 
Thirteenth New York Artillery, and was later made sergeant major and appointed adjutant 
witli rank of second lieutenant of same regiment, with wliich rank he was honorably discharged 
at close of war. In 18(;9 lie again entered the United States service in the Marine Corps, and 



ADVERTISEMENTS. 



281 



Telegraph, Hay View, Mass.. Organized 1S64. 

Telephone, 1 53 Gloucester, Mass. Capital Sjoo.ooo. 



ROCKPORT GRANITE CO. 

DEALERS IN 

ROUGH, HAMMERED& POLISHED 

PAVING BLOCKS OF ALL KINDS. 



CHARLES S. ROGERS, 



Treasurer and General flanager. 



Main Office, ROCKPORT, MASS. 

BRANCH OFFICES: 
Worthington Building, 51 State Street, Boston. 
Master Builders' Association, Boston. 
Bay View, Mass. 
New York Office, 3S Park Row, Room 76. 

QUARRIES AT 
Rockport, Mass. 
Pigeon Cove, Mass. 

Bay View. Mass., formerly Cape Ann Granite Co.'s Quarries 
Red Granite Quarries, Jonesport, Maine. 



LANESVILLE 

GRANITE COMPANY, 

CHARLES H. ANDREWS, Agent, 

Residence, PIGEON COVE, 

DEALERS IN 

E30"cra-i3: 



% HAMMERED X GRANITE t 

AND 

PAVING STONES of all DESCRIPTIONS. 

OrnCE and QUARRIES : 

Lanesville, = = Hass. 



JONAS H FRENCH, 

President. 
SCOTT WEBBER, 
Qen'l Sup't. 



aEOROE E. CRAIO, 
Treasurer. 
LEANDER K. WASS. 
5up't of riaine Quarries. 



Cape Ann Granite Company, 



Granite 



. FURNISH 

RANDOM and DIMENSION. 
Building-, Monumental 
. . . and Polished Work. 



Also Manufacturers of 



GRANITE PAVING BLOCKS. 

Simmons Building, 40 WATER STREET, 



Room 44. 



BOSTON, MASS. 



QUARRIES: 



GRAY GRANITE, 
Pigeon Cove (Cape Ann), Mass. 



BLACK GRANITE, 
Addison, Maine. 



RED GRANITE, 
Great Head Harbor Island, Jonesport, flaine. 



R.E.CHERRY, 

Plastering ^ 

Brick Work ^ 

Jobbing, 

No. 4 GREENWICH PLACE, 
Field's Corner. 



282 A HALF f EXTUKV OF BOSTOx's BUILDISG. 

was immediately made first sergeant. He took part in tlie Darien expedition in 1871-2, and 
served continuously until 1884. He entered the building department in 1885. Mr. Cotter is 
a Mason and a member of several military veteran associations. 

John T. Daly was born in South Boston, and attended the public schools there and in 
the Eo.\bury district, to which his parents removed, until 18G7. He then went to San Fran- 
cisco, where he remained until October, 1869, when he returned to Boston. He began his 
mechanical career while there, entering the printing profession and serving at the various 
branches — book, job and newspaper — until 1883, when he entered the building department as 
a clerk and served in that capacity imtil 1888, when he was appointed a building inspector. 
Wliile acting as clerk he was especially assigned to perform such work as the assessors were 
required to do under the law when it was transferred to the building department. He 
attended the evening school of drawing on Tennyson Street for two years, learning mechanical 
and architectural drawing. He is prominent in the Catholic Foresters. 

William B. Bothamley was born in Sheffield, Yorkshire, Eng., and came to America 
in 1841. He attended the old Mayliew School until he was fifteen years of age, after 
which he served an apprenticeship of six years at the plumber's trade, with his father. After 
learning the trade he worked for his father as a journeyman and afterwards became a partner 
in the business. Later he was in business for himself. He has always been identified with 
the ijlumbing business. He entered the department in 1883. He is a thirty-second degree 
Mason and a Knight Templar. 



ADVERTISEMENTS. 



283 



CHARLES E. MOSS, 

MANUl-'ACTUKER AND 1>KAI.1,R IN 

Blue Process Paper and Cloths, 

PREPARED AND UNPREPARED. 
Drawing Papers. Tracing Cloths. 

BLUE PRINTING, 

Drawings Reproduced. Black Line. 

14 BROKD STREET. 
Telephone Boston, 2403, Bostotl, flass. 

HOTEL BELLEVUE, 

EUROPEAN PLAN, 

17 to 23 Beacon St., Boston. 



This House is most faiwrahlv situated on tJie higli 
fiart of Beacon Hill, near State House, and opfosile 
Boston At/icfu€it7n. 

Rooms Singly and en suite with special 
rates by the Season. 

Transient Quests accommodated at all 
times. 

Special attention given to Club and 
Private Dinner Parties, Weddings 
and Receptions 

Cuisine and service unsurpassed. 

JOSEPH W. SniTH, 

Proprietor. 

5end for Illustrated Circular. 



CUTTER & PARKER, 

/WHOLESALE AND RETAIL DEALERS IM 

Doors, 

Window^. 
Blind?. 

Door and Window Frames, Blind Trim- 
mings, Sash Cord, Wood Shelves, 
Window Weights, etc. 

232 & 234 Friend St., 

Near Union Station, BOSTON. 
Geo. E. Norris. Chas. E. Wright. 



HARD WOOD DOORS A SPECIALTY. 

J. BULLEY, 

C^rpcpter 
aod Builder, 

JOBBING PROMPTLY ATTENDED TO. 

Estimates Furnished on Old or New Worl<. 

Cor. Bickford and Centre Sts., 

JAMAICA PLAIN. 



BOSTON CONTRACTORS AND BUILDERS. 




HERE seems to have been a neglect on the part of historians to include those 
prominent as buihlers in the sketches of Boston's early growtli and development, 
and very little is to be found from which facts relating to them or their work can 
be obtained. That they were well skilled in the craft is beyond a question, for 
the structures they erected have, many of them, stood for more than a hundred years, and 
many of them were good for a longer period. 

The carpenter and builder of a century or more ago was an important tradesman, for he 
had not only to construct the building but also to prepare tlie plans, if any were used. There 
were no architects in those days. The buildings were seldom of more than one story, but 
they were thoroughly built, and sufficient timber was used to make several buildings such as 
are being put up at the present time. 

At the present time there are a very large number of contractors and builders in the city, 
and many of them have a national reputation. 

Among some of the contractors and builders of fifty years ago who were most prominent 
we find the names of Joseph Cobnrn, Luther Slade, Francis Winter, Standish & Woodbury, 
Greenleaf, Gushing & Adams. Luther A. Koby, Jeremiah Harrigan and Charles T. Derry. 

Those who make up the list to-day are too well known to need further introduction. The 
following is the list : 



CARPENTERS AXI) BUILDEUS. 

Allien, John, 45 Way 

Allen, Amos, 416 Main 

Allen, H. C. 120S Harrison av. 

Ames, H., 7 Ferdinand 

Ames & Joscelyn, 3 India wharf 

Anderson, A. G., 1131 Tremont 

Andrews & Sharkey, 80 North 

Archer, Albert B., 143^ Main 

Armstrong, E. K., 125 Albany 

Ayers, A. A., 2 Starr lane, J. P. 

Ayers, M. D., (iST Centre. J. P., and li 

Babcock, P. L., 17 Willard pi. 

Bagnall & Webster, 295 Border 

Bailey, Paul, 68 Bremen 

Balch, Frederick, 14 AYebster av. 

Barker & Dodge, 34 Beverlv 



Otis 



Barnes & Boyd, rear 1400 Tremont 

Bass, John, 1221 Dorchester av. 

Bates, James W., jr., 64 Broad 

Beer, N. H., rear 1350 Washington 

Bell, J. R., 483^ Tremont 

Belledeu, C. H., 5 I'rovince ct. 

Belyea. F. W., 71 Chestnut 

Bennett. S. P. Co., Chestnut, cor. Charles 

Berrigan, E. D.. 114 Broad 

Berry. D. A., 154 K 

Berry, Jacob W., 473 Cambridge, Alls. 

Berry, John AV-., 22 Hiehborn 

Berry & Watson, 116 Devonshire 

Bertram, James, 330 AV. Broadway 

Bickers, Joseph P., 303 Commercial 

Bixby, T. H. & J. J., 335 AV. Fourth 

Blackwood, L 0.. 75 AA'est Dedham 



ADVERTISEMENTS. 



285 



Francis F. Morton 



Snccessor to 
Morton & Chesley, 



BUILDERS. 



For upwards of thirty years senior part- 
ner of this well-known firm, he has had 
large experience in building the finest 
dwellings, stores and public buildings. 
He has at his command one of the largest 
and best-equipped factories in the country, 
and is prepared to make 

Entire Contracts for Buildings of every Class ; 



ALSO FOR THE 



Finest 

Cabinet 

Work 



For Interior 
House or 
Office Fittings. 



^'a.ctory and. Office : 



108 to 114 E. DEDHAM STREET, 



BOSTOn^T. 



J. A. McLELLAN, 



*t> 'i» 



CARPENTER 

AND 

* * BUILDER, 

BOYLSTON TERRACE, 

JAMAICA PLAIN, MASS. 



T. J. MORGAN^ 

. . . AND . . . 

CAS FITTER. 

CORRUGATED CONDUCTOR PIPES. 

Estimates Furnished. 



JOBBING PROMPTLY ATTENDED TO. 



NEP0N5ET AYENCJE, 

MOUNT HOPE. 



David Craig. Henry Conlev. 

Telephone 3042. 



CRAIG &CONLEY, 
-fPLUMBERS4^ 



THE DURHAM SYSTEM of DRAINAGE. 



115 PURCHASE ST., 



BOSTON, 



MASS. 



?S6 



A HALF TEXTUKY OF BOSTON S BUILDIXG. 



Blair, Anios H., IST.") Dordiester av. 

Blanchard, James T.. Starr lane 

Blodgett. C. H.. 1202 Harrison av. 

Bogart, I. H., 166 Devonshire 

lioulter, Leroy S., Warren, eoi'. Taber 

Bourne, Geo. F., 148 Mt. Vernon 

Bower, Alfred H., 201 Green, J. P. 

Bowers & McGonnell, 17 Otis 

Bowman. George H., S Hawley pi. 

Boyd. J. J., (!44 E. Fourth 

Bracelin. Charles, 201 Mass. av. 

Brady. James H., 70 Station 

Brazillian, J. S., 117 Jlerrimac 

Breen, Thomas, 37 Haverhill 

Briggs Bros., 166 Devonshire 

Brown Bros., 204 Ashland, Eos. 

Brown, C. F., 4.3 Dorchester 

Brown, Eben F., 16 Holborn 

Brown, G. A., 2 Alexander 

Brown, Jesse J., 9 Shirley 

Brown, S. E., 131 W. Brookline 

Brown, T. S., 40 State, room 32 

Brownell, M. C, 17 Otis 

Bruiidage, Geo. B., ooO Atlantic av. 

P>ruty, John W.. S9 Church 

Biilvan. W. C, 19 Beach 

Burgoyne, J. C., 84 Chardon 

Burke Bros.. 27 Hancock, Dor. 

Burnham, G. T., 76 Beverly 

]!urt, J. H. & Co., Blue Hill av., near Eiver. 

Mat., and 166 Devonshire 
Cain, D. H., 87 Warren, Eox. 
Campbell, J. T., 21 Pynchon 
Campbell &' Hurley, 209 Essex 
Campbell & ^Maclean. 134 Euggles 
Cannon, X.. 84 West Canton 
Carter, Thomas A., 4o Hyde I'ark av. and 

3766 Washington 
Chadwick & Stillings, 31 Equitable bldg. 
Cliamberlain, W. A., 128 ^Maiden 
Chandler, Moses E., rear 30 Bedford 
Chapman, E. M., 350 and 457 Blue Hill av. 
Chapman, J. M., 6 ^Mechanics row 



Chute & Bagloe, 16 Waltham 

Clark, Alexander J., 94 W. Cedar 

Clark, Charles E., 75 W. Dedham 

Clark, C. Everett, 166 Devonshire 

Clark, F. O., 113 Devonshire, rni. 41 

Clark, H. S. & X., 271^ E. Eighth 

Clark & Lee, 166 Devonshire 

Coburn, J. F., 93 Chapman 

Coffin, U. H., 10 Yarmouth 

Colcord, B. F. & Co.. 477A Tremont 

CoUiiigs, C. W., 104 Travers 

Collins, Sylvanus. 78 Kingston 

Connell, Wm. A., 16.^ Avery 

Corbett, P. F., 33 Hawkins 

Costello, Eiohard, 250 Sumner, E. B. 

Cottier, W. L., 58 Troy 

Cox, H. Xorman, rear 4 Clarendon 

Cranitch, J(.ihn J., 43 Milk 

Creber, F. C, 41 Eustis 

Creesy & Noyes, 59 Wareham 

Cressey, D. M., 65 Joy 

Croweil, J. W., 52 Charles 

Currier, Chas. E., 166 Devonshire 

Currier & McFawn, 21 Wareham 

Curtis, T. J. & Co., 35 Wareham 

Cutler, V. M., 15 Xewton, Faneuil 

Dame, George, 21 Conway, Eos. 

Damon, C. A., 32 Tyler 

Damon, George F., 254 Border 

Damrell, T., rear 1274 Washington 

D.inforth, W. E., 325 Washington, rm. 12 

Darling Bros., 166 Devonshire 

Daunt, John A., 345 E 

Davenport, Samuel, 39 Taylor, Xep. 

Decker Bros., rear 147 Dudley 

D'Entremont, Andrew, 45 Gurney 

Delano & Little, 410 E. Third 

Dclorie. H. H., 1878 Dorchester av. 

DeLue, George V., 106 Harrison av. 

DeLue, James, 3 Wheeler 

DeLue, William H., 85 South 

Dixon. W. R., 97 W, Canton 

Doane. D. O., 16 Xortli Centre 













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ADVERTISEMENTS. 



287 



Delorey Brothers, 

. . . AND . . . 

Interior Decorators Ci 

226 PLEASANT STREET, 

Near Providence Depot, 

B05T0ri. 



W. E. Delorev. 



F. X. Delorey. 



REFERENCES : 



Hotel Reynolds, Hotel Brunswick, Oxford, 
Exeter Chambers, and American House. 



GEORGE M. TUFTS, 



CONTRACTOR 



Carpenter and Builder, 



166 DEVONSHIRE STREET, 



BOSTON. 



Telephone 
Connection 



NORCROSS BROTHERS, 

PROPRIETORS 

Charles River Stone Co, 

Feeelon Morris, Manager, 

Steam Stone Works, 

BROOKLINE STREET, 

CAMBRIDGEPORT, - - MASS. 

Rail Connections with all Railroads entering Boston. 

DEALERS IN 

riarble, Red and Grey Granite. 

Cut and Polished. 
Buff, Brown and Red Sandstone, 

Blue and BulT Indiana Limestone, 

New York State Bluestone. 

OFFICE: RricfAn ORDER BOX : 

79 Hunting:ton Ave. DUolUU. i66 Devonshire St. 

Telephone; Telephone: 

Works, Cambridge 517-2. Office, Tremont 262. 



Charles E. Woodman, 



Carpenter-^ Builder, 

52 Winchester St., 



Cor. Fenliiuiud St. 



BOSTON. 



Jobbing of all kincLs promptly done. 



288 



A HALF CENTURY OF BOSTON S BUILDING 



Doherty, M., 181 Cliarlestown 

Donalme, T. & Co., 80 Hudson 

Donovan's, I). J., Sons, 34 School 

Dooley, J. A., Bentley, Br. 

Douglass, Angus, 159 Lenox 

Drake, Herman, 406 Border 

Drisko, Alonzo S., 16 Thayer 

Drisko, 0. H. & Son, 166 Devonshire 

Dunn, I. H., Bay, Dor. 

Dunn, II. ()., 381 Harrison av. 

Dwyer, James W., 6 Broadway ct. 

Eadie, Wm., Boston, cor. E. Cottage 

Eaton, Charles F., 116 Moreland 

Eaton, Wm. T., 734 E. Broadway and rear 

602 E. Third 
Eddy, L. W. & Co., 709 Dudley and 283 

Quincy, Dor. 
Eisnor & Kaulback, 61 Wareham 
Ellis, John, 18 Taber 
Ellis, Thomas, rear 256 Federal 
Emery, A. J., rear 65 W. Dedham 
Etter, H. G., 11 Braiutree, Alls. 
Faulkner, E., 544 E. Ninth 
Fennell, William, 84 Chardon 
Fleming. C. W., 65 F 
Flynn, John J., Woolsey block, J. P., and 17 

Otis 
Folsom & Frost, 152 Mt. Vernon 
Foss, E. S., 16 Huntington av. and 40 Warren 

av. 
Fossett, M. H., 4350 Washington, W. Pv. 
Fowler, Daniel S., 108 State 
Frame & McPherson, 99 Border 
Eraser, A. C, rear 245 Market, Br. 
Frederickson, James T., 17 Otis (floor layer) 
Frost, W. B., 7 Hamilton 
Fuller, Charles C, 14 Dennis 
Fuller, H. L., 2 Bread 
Fuller, Lorin L., 53 State, rm. 1011 
Galloupe, William H., 101 North 
Gately, John, 112 South, J. P. 
Geldert, Alden, 380 Warren, Pox. 
Gerry & Northup, 51 Bristol 



Gibson, A., Bickford, cor. Centre, Pox. 

Gifford & Lawrence, 166 Devonshire 

Gilbert, C, 120 Northampton 

Gillis Bros., 17 Otis 

Gillis, Daniel J., 96 Quincy, Pox. 

Gilpatrick, J. W., 125 Merrimac 

Goodman, Isaac, 350 Harrison av. 

Goodwin, C. G., 24 Church 

Goodwin, Wilbur, 172 Putnam, E. B. 

Gordon, William, 66 Appleton 

Gould Bros., 178 Devonshire, rm. 614 

Gove, C. A., 120 Chelsea, E. B. 

Grace, Wm. O. D., 46 Park, Chsn. 

Gray, N. H., 35 Haverhill 

Greenlaw, Alfred N., 62 Kittredge, Pos. 

Greenlaw, William C, Warren, cor. Taber, 

Pox. 
Gregory, E. P., 75 W. Dedham 
Griffiths, Thomas, 21 Harvard pi. 
Haddock, James F., 627 Washington, Dor. 
Haddock, W. H., 12 Edson 
Hadlock, J. E., & Co. 114 Water 
Hale, Pichard L., 148 Dover 
Haliwell & Seaman, 27 Fulton 
Hall, Morris B., 244 Washington, rm. 26 
Hall, Wm. H., 390 Cambridge, Alls. 
Hamilton, George W., 5 Sydney, Dor. 
Hamilton, Isaac G., 4 Mall 
Hammond, C. A., 647 E. Fourth 
Hampe, L. M., 625 Dorchester av. 
Hargrave, C. F., 331 Border 
Harmon. I. & H. M., 22 Pemberton sq. 
Harvey, A. F. (estate), 63^ Chestnut 
Hathaway, A , 77 River 
Hawes, B., li Oxford 
Head, J. T. J., 389 Tremont 
Hebb, William C, 34 LaGrange 
Hersee Bros., 4267 Washington 
Hersey, Ira G., 166 Devonshire 
Herthel, F. W., 33 Endicott 
Heustis, Joseph, 5 Change av. 
Hildreth, J. W., eS: Son, 397 Atlantic av. 
Hill, Granville D., 35 Wareham 







X 



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ADVERTISEMENTS. 289 



The William G. Bell Co. 

Designers and Headquarters in New England for Store Fixtures. 



A K C YOU About to open a New Store ? 

|_J(^ C, O I w U rx. Old store need to be re-arranged and new fixtures put in ? 

A r\ t Y LJ U in doubt as to arranging your store more convenient and attractive, 

strictly modern in appearance ? 

COME TO US! 

You'll get a MODERN store — one that attracts and increases your trade — convenient, prac- 
tical and an excellent investment tor yourself. 



OUR ROLL-TOP BIN COUNTERS A LL 

OUR SECTIONAL SHELVING /\^ TTRACT 

OUR ELEGANT PANELED COUNTER ^^m-TTENTlON 
OUR SPICE DRAWER CABINETS 



If yoii contemplate fitting a NEW store call in and let us design it for you and give an 
estimate as to cost. 

We can furnish everything complete from flour to ceiling — in so short a time it will sur- 
])rise you. 



The William Q. Bell Company, 

Store Fitters and Designers, 

48 to 54 Commercial Street, BOSTON, HASS. 

Long Distance Telephone. 



290 



A HALF CEXTTRY OF BOSTOX S JiUILDIXG. 



Hill, J. W.. 06 South Eden 
Hill, S. L., 7 Wesley, S. B. 
Hine, E. B., 8 Creek sq. 
Hird, D. W., 235 Federal 
Hobart. Washington E., 520 Atlantic av. 
Holbrook & Harlow, 33 H 
Holden, H. A., CO Piedmont 
Holland, J. B., 2722 Washington 
Holmes. Chester D., 20 Creek sq. 
Home, Charles H.. 19i Beach 
Home. K. F.. 9."') West Dedham 
Horton, Henry T., 142 Tyler 
Hosmer, Jerome C, KJO Devonshire 
Howard Bros., 412 Dorchester av. 
Hughsnn, William, 121 Eliot 
Hunt. H. D., 7 Broad 
Hunt. H. H.. KU; Devonshire 
Hurley, C. D., 43 Chapman 
Hutchinson, D. A., 299 E. Ninth 
Hutchinson, L. M'.. S4 Chardon 
Jackson, James, 121 Kuggles 
Jackson, AV. H. & Co., 70 Kilhy. rm. 79 
James, William, 119 Richmond 
Jefferson, W. J., 50 Winslow, Box. 
Jeffery, J. A., 8(U Bedford 
Johnson, Frederick. 84 Chestnut 
Johnson, W. C. 52 Ciiarles 
Jones, A. E.. 110 Portland 
Jordan. .Vhiani. rear 135 Boylston, J. 1'. 
Joslin, Artbur W., 32 Kuggles 
Joyce, Alonzo, 114 Water 
Joyce, T. A., 120 Shawmut a^-. 
Julien, Frank X., 22 Vernon, Ko.x. 
Junkins, Wm. P., 55 Broadway ext. 
Keene, J. P.. 70 Chickatawbut 
Keith, A. W., 40 Huntington av. 
Kellard, J. W., 25 Columliia, Dor. 
Kelley & MeKinnon, 10(3 Devonshire 
Kellough, W. J., 143 Harrison av. 
Kempton, Herbert, 37 Orleans 
Kenney, Samuel C. 18 Decatur, E. B. 
Keyes, Thomas, 43 Foundry 
Keyes, W. H. & Co., 17 Otis 



Kiley, Thomas, 49 Friend 

Kinney, A. F., 138^^ Dover 

Laming & Mc Ilroy, 20 Blue Hill av. 

Landels, W., 319 Adams, Dor. 

Landick, William G., 9 Lime 

Lavean, Edward, 2 Barrett 

Laws, VV. H. H.. 244 Federal 

Lecain, O. R., 10 Palmer 

Lemmler, Charles, 235 Pynchon 

Lent, W. Ashford. :Millet 

Letteney, C. F., 34 Province 

Lewis Bros., 163 F 

Lewis, W. L., Hyde, S. B. 

Libby, Levi L., 17 (.)tis 

Littlefield, Elisha, 166 Devonshire 

Lockhart, W. & Co., IS Harvard pi. 

Logne, Charles, 353 Commercial 

Long, John, 21 Xortli Russell 

Lord, S. C, 19 Bower 

Lothrop, H., 235 Federal 

Low, W. A. & Son, 130 Harrison av. 

Lowe, Cx. C, 23 Soley, Chsn. 

Lowe, Thomas C., 28 Edinboro 

Lowell, C. W. & Co., 197 Green, J. P. 

Lynch & Booth, 2668 Washington 

Mabie, William I., 31 Milk, rm. 19 

!Macauley, William A., 112 Evans 

^NlacDonald, John, 44 Kilby 

MacDonald, J. W., 39 Curve 

Macdonald, M. F., 37 Fleet 

Macdonald, W. A., 168 Harrison av. 

Macintyre. Archibald. 1812 Washington 

]\Iackay, Jothan F., South, near railroad, Ros. 

:Macker, F. B., 241 Washington, Dor. 

Macomber. W. A., 2 l!}-ron 

Magill, S. C., 63 Charlestown 

Mahoney, A. M., Taber, cor. Warren, Rox. 

JIainhind, John Y.. 73 Wareham aiul 166 

Devonshire 
Marble, James H., 77 Joy 
IMarsh Bros. & Son, 356 Boston 
:Marston, J. M. & Co., 26 Vernon, Rox. 
ilartin, John G., 53 Chaucer, E. B. 



ADVEKTISEMEXTS. 



291 



p^ URNHAM & DAV IS, 



Masons and Builders. 



•New Grammar School Building- 

■Newton Highlaho5 Mass- 




Estimates given 
On all kinds of 
ilason work. 



Box 68, 
Builders' and Contrac= 

tors' Exchange, 
17 Otis Street, Boston. 



Residences, 
E. P. BURNHAn, 25 Park 

Street, Newton. 

GEO. M. DAVIS, 7 Arthur 

Street, Somerville. 






McKay Bros., 

Carpenters and Builders, 



DEALERS IN 



Lumber, Builders' Hardware, Brick, Lime, Cement, &c. 



JOBBI/H© PROA\PTLY ATTEfHDED TO. 



26 Geneva Ave., (Grove Hall) Dorchester. 

RESIDENCES: 



A. C. HcKay, 26 Elmont St., J. L. McKay, 472 Blue Hill Ave., 

Dorchester. Roxbury. 



292 



A HALF CENTURY OF BOSTOX S BUILDIXT; 



Martin. L. & Co., 3o Lincoln 
Mathews, J. H., 3.'-! Endicott 
Mattey, A., 13 North Grove 
Maynard, J. B., 80 School, Chsn. 
McAleer, P., 21 Province 
McCabe, D. S., 40 Fnlton 
McConnell, Williiini A., 17 Otis (floor layer) 
McCormack, K., 88 Clinton 
McDonald, Angus D., 80 I'leasant 
McDonald, L., rear ()66 E. Broadway 
McDonald, "William, Burney 
McEhvain, John, 89 Cliapman 
McFarland, W. T., 124 Broad 
McGaw, John, 130 Charlestowu 
McGilvray & Conners, 26 Vernon 
McGonigie, Charles, 80 Blackstone 
McGregor, John B., 108 Worcester 
Mclnnis, J. & G., 201 Paris 
Molntosli, A. N. & Co., 2 Creek sq. 
McKay, John B., Elm, cor. Seaverns av. 
McKenzie, A., 5 Van Rensselaer pi. 
McKenzie & Biesty, 121 Eliot 
McKim, 1). J., 2r)() Washington 
McKim. Wni. T., 494 Harrison av. 
McLaren, A., 13.") Bonier 
McLaughlin, JNIanus. 437 Duilley 
McLaughlin. T. B., 71 W. Dedham 
McLean, Isaac, l.'>2 Charlestown 
McLean, Malcolm. ^>0 Cluirlestown 
McLean, William J., 117 Mcrrimac 
McLellan, Jas. ]).. Wareham, cor. Maiden 
McLeod, William A.. 4210 Washington 
McNabb, Hugh J., 438 Geneva av. 
MciSTamara, John. (Jl Wareham 
McXeil Bros.. 196 Freeport and 166 Devon- 
shire 
McNutt, J. J., Wareham, cor. Maiden 
McNutt, AV. L.. 2566 Washington 
Mead, Charles 11., 39 Court, rm. 12 
Melanson, P. H. & Co., 149^ Northampton 
Merrill Bros., Parknnin, Dor. 
Merrill, Luther j\r., 244 Washington 
Merritt, George. 149 Dudley 



Merz, Gottlieb, 306 Centre 

Miller & Ladd, 1()6 Devon.shire 

Milner, A. Murray, (542 Washington, Dor. 

jNIinton, A. G., 17 Harvard pi. 

Mitchell, W. S., Eailroad, cor. Willow, W. R. 

Mitchell & Sutherland, 299 Devonshire 

Moorhouse, R. B., 58 Troj- 

Morcombe, F. T., 8.") South 

Morgan, Charles R., 25 Bowker 

Morgan, P., 54 A 

Morrill, F. G., 398 Centre, Dor. 

Morrill, John M. E., 148 Centre, Dor. 

INLorrison, Cornelius E., 23 Pitts 

Morrison, George AV., 65 AVarehani 

Morrison & Rackley, 191 Dadle}^ Rox. 

Morton, F. F., 114 E. Dedham 

Mosher & Young, 39 Green, J. P. 

Moulton, E. F., Glenway, near AVhite, Dor. 

Moulton & Webb, 57 Bristol 

Munroe, Henry, 18 Chapman pi. 

Murphy, J., 389 Tremont 

Mur])liy, Stephen, 481 Tremont 

Murphy, Thomas H., 611 Parker 

Mnrrny, Geo. F. & Co., 21 Wareham 

^luriay, AV. H., 61 Wareham 

Murtagh, Peter, 212 AA'ashington, Dor. 

Newln', Tlionias H.. 803 Saratoga 

Nichols. John, 166 Devonshire (floor layer) 

Nicholson. Jos. & Co., 127A Tremont 

Nickerson, D. E., 17 North Russell 

Nixon, James, 166 Devonshire 

Norcross Bros., 79 Huntington av. ; order 

box, 166 Devonshire 
Norris, James H.. 17 I'leasant , 

Nowcll, George, 14 St. James av. 
Noyes, C. A. & Co., 8 Province ct. 
Oakman's, H. 1'., Suns, 3 Oakman, Nep. 
O'Brien, M. J., 818 Parker 
O'Brien, Peter F., 18 Cambria 
O'Conn.dl, D. iM., 19 AA^inship, Br. 
G'Dwyer, Robert, 58 Troy 
O'Hearu, Patrick, 1154 AA'ashington, Dor. 
Oliver, George AA'., 33 Nelson 



ADVEKTISEMENTS. 



293 



George W. Studley. 



Warren Stupley. 



STUDLEY BROS., 



Carpenters 



and Builders, 



GENERAL JOBBING. 



71 Park St., - Harrison Sq. 

DORCHESTER, MASS. 

FRED C. WARREN, 

eONTRAeTOR 
ANB BUILBER 



72 U/eof^am Street, 



FOREST HILLS, 



MASS. 



Jobbing promptly attended to. 



M. ELSTON & SON, 

Coptrzictors • 



: FOK THE : 



Tearing Down and Removal 

% of OLD BUILDINGS. 



YARD: 


FISKE WHARF. 


MAIN ST. 


Corner 
Pioneer Street 


CAMBRIDGEPORT. 


Boston Office 


: 17 OTIS STREET. 


Kstablished 1839. 



ENOCH ROBINSON, 
39 ai^d 41 Qori7l;?ill, 



Manuf.icturer and Itcaleri 



HOUSE AND CABINET HARDWARE, 

CUT GLASS DOOR KNOBS, French Patterns. 

BRASS BOOK KNOBS and ESCUTCHEONS, Colonial Patterns, 

BRASS HANDLES and LATCHES 

FOR OUTSIDE DOORS. 

. . . OF ALL THE ipld styles 
BRASS JAHB HOOKS, etc., etc. 



Send for Illustrated Circular. 



294 



A HALF CEXTUKY OF BOSTON S Bl'ILDIXCi. 



Oliver, John. 1206 Harrison av. 

Olpin, S. J., 165 F 

Osgood, J. W.. 5 Aiulersoii 

Page, David 1'.. 507 Medford, Chsn. 

Palmer, E. A.. 2692 Wasliiiigton 

Patterson, G. A., Do Travers 

Payne, John P., 71 Wareliam 

Peard, William, 153 Dorchester av. 

Peck, A. v.. Clarendon, near St. James av. 

Peebles, Samuel, 21 Bowker 

Pendergast, C. H., 54 Charles 

Percival, J. D., 14 Broadway ext. 

Phaneuf, A., 113 Devonshire 

Pliilbrick, Jo.sejih, 193 Warren, Eox. 

Piper, Erastus E., 101 W. Brookline 

Pitts, Benj. V.. 215 Princeton, E. B. 

Place, Morrill F.. 7 Brond 

Plunimei-, A. 11.. 16 Eiver, L. M. 

Plummer, E. B.. jr.. 89 Church 

Poland, D. E. & Co.. US Water 

Pope, Jame.s, rear 1147 Adams, L. M. 

Porter & McTnnis, 588 Shawmnt av. 

Potter, J. E.. 31i Faneuil Hall s(i. and 7 

Exchange pi. 
Potts, B. W., 1131 Tremont 
I'ride. C. W.. 75 West Dedham 
Proctoi-, Jolm H. & Co..!Mt. Washiiigtnn av., 

cor. (Jranite 
Purdy, AVilliam A., 10 Waltham 
Quin, John. 132 Cambridge st., E. C. 
Eandlett, F. H., 457A Dudley 
Eankiii, H. B., 84 Erpiitable l)ldg. 
Eankin, Jose])li S., 33 Doane 
Eauson, J. D., 303 Commercial 
Eayner, A. W., 166 Devonshire 
Eayner. Thomas, 633 East Fourth 
Bead, Alton G.. 165 Dudley 
Eedmond, C. D., 37 Providence 
Eice, Thomas & Co., 7 Watei', rm. 416 
Eichards, A. S., 194 Bowdoin, Dor. 
Eichardson & Young, 23 Beverly 
Eichmoiul, William & Co., 54 Devonshire. 

rm. 29 



Bicker. E. F., 416 :\[ain 

Eidley, L. W., 97 Chapman 

Eoberts, C. F.,5 E. Springfield and 11 Dudley 

Eoberts, H., 16 Harvard jd. 

Eobiiison, John A.. 393 Federal 

Eobinson, L. D., 394 West First 

Eobinson, N. C, 217 Pleasant 

Eogers, Alex., Hillburu, Ros. 

Eoss, Henry F., 166 Devonshire 

Eoss, Thomas A., 102 Seaverns av. 

Eoundy, E. J.. 6() School, J. P. 

Euggles, H. E., Bigelow, Br. 

Eutan. William L., 120 Tremont, rm. 502 

Sanby, William, 213^ Commercial 

Schurman, Isaac, 2004 Dorchester av. 

Scott, James G., 76A- Essex 

Seldon, Edmund W., 134 Eliot 

Seward, Samuel, 31 Bowker 

Shapleigh, John AV., 166 Devonshire 

Sharp, Henry A., 148 Border 

Shaw. C. H., 124 Broad 

Shaw. John J., 17 Exchange pi. 

Shaw. Joseph P.. 162 Green, J. P. 

Sheehan. J. H., 128 Maiden 

Sheehy, Thomas, 58 Troy 

Silva. Joachim. 25 Eoxbury 

Simmons, G. H., Ill Kingston 

Simpson & Kervin, 112 Harrison av. 

Sims. Thomas, 1706 Washington 

Smith, Edward, 14 Spring Park av. 

Smith, James J., 2208 Washington 

Smith, William H., 43 Euggles 

Snow, C. E., 11 Washburn 

Soulis, B. P., 38 Grove 

Spear, George A.. Bellevue, cor. Centre, 

W. E. 
Spence. A., 25 Faneuil Hall sip 
Sj^enceley, W. S., 53 Sawyer 
Sprague, Isaac, 147 Dudley, Eox. 
Stanwood & Morin, 10 East Springfield 
Starbird, G. M., 292 Main 
Stark, H. W., rear 348 Congress 
Stedman. A., rear 75 West Dedham 



A D VERTISEMENTS. 



295 



PATRICK v- JOYCE, 
Stope AVa^sop 

Coptrzictor. 



GRADING, BLASTING and EXCAVATING 

PROMPTLY ATTENDED TO. 



64 Savin Street, 

ROXBURY, - - A\ASS. 



REASONABLE TERMS. 



TO MY PATRONS. 



I beg to inform you that I am pre- 
pared to attend to all orders for any 
repairs you may require on your estate. 
Send a postal card and I will call and 
see you and estimate on your work. 

Thanking you for past favors, I remain 
Yours respectfully, 

ISAAC H. DUNN, 

CARPENTER, 

1149 Dorchester Ave. 

Residence, No. 30 HECLA STREET, 

^orcliester. 

(Also furnish plans and siiecitieatioii.s.) 



DEAN BROS., 

Practical Plumbers, 



Cor Wheatland Ave. and Whitfield Street, 



UNDER HOTEL HASKELL, 



DORCHESTER, 



MASS. 



ToToToiDag- a Specia-ltsr. 



Orders by Mail promptly attended to. 



G. J. Dean, 



J. \V. De.^n. 



P. G. LYNCH, 



^arpepter 



AND 



^- 



guilder, 



228 Ninth Street, 



SOUTH BOSTON. 



296 



A HALF CENTUKY OF BOSTON S BUII.DIXf;. 



Stedmaii. Walter. 12 Cherry 
Steves, (ieo. H. & Co., ."> Hammond 
Stocl<nian, J. A., .'iS West Walnut jik. 
Stone, C. ()., 17 Dunstable 
Stone, Marshall S., 33 Tyler 
Strickland, F. W. & Co., 112 Dover 
Strout, A. J., ."2 Euggles and 28 Vernon 
Stndley Bros., 71 Park, Dor. 
Snlis. Simun L.. 44 Richmond. L. M. 
Sullivan. F., rear 2.35 Federal 
Sullivan, J., 194 West Ninth 
Sidlivan, J. F., 173 Green. J. 1'. 
Sumner, William S., Starr lane, J. P. 
Sutherland. J. A., ()3 Bartlett, Rox. 
Swanson, Wm., 36 Florence, Eos. 
Tarbox, Ivory F., 17 (.)tis 
Taylor. S. 0.. 94 AVest Cedar 
Thomas Bros., 17 Otis 
Thompson, H. F.. 104 Travers 
Thompson, Miles, 41 Eiistis 
Tobin, William, 418 Centre, J. P. 
Tomilson, E., 23o Federal 
Tracy, J. L., 28 Beach 
Trafton, S. P., 33 Hawkiiis 
Trower & Appleyavd, 12 River 
Tufts, George :\[.. 226 Pleasant and 16(1 Dev- 
onshire 
Turnbull, George. 17 Blossom 
Turner, Edwin J., Saratoga, cor. Wordsworth 
Tvvomey, John, 2.'>r) Federal 
Vallee, Francis, 1196 Harrison av. 
Vanghan & Silvei', 356 Blue Hill av. 
Vickery, J. A. & Son, 17 (Jtis 
Wadleigh. H. S.. Abattoir, Br. 
Waketiehl. J. H.. 31i Bowker 
Ward, R. D. & Co.. 161 Pynchon 
Warner, William H., 10 Conway 
Warnoek, James, 99 Oliver 
Watson, A., 21 Wareham 
Watts, Simeon, 193 Westein av. 
Webster, D. P., 58 Troy 
Weldon, C. L., 68 Broad 
Wells, Edward E.. 18 Pitts 



Weltcli. Henry, 11 I'leasant 

West, D. S., 2 Bromfield 

Whidden, J. B., rear 256 C 

Whidden & Co., 101 Milk 

Whitconib, E. Noyes & Co., 29 Wareham 

Whitcomb, F. L., 166 Devonshire 

White. G. G., Brooks, cor. Bremen 

White, Joseph A.. Blossom pi., rear 17 Blos- 
som 

Wilcox, G. T. 1).. 57 Harvard, Chsn. 

Wilkinson, L.. 110 Portland 

Williams, Jas., 59 Harvard, Chsn. 

Williams. J. H.. 180 Albany 

Wills. R. J., 4507 Washington, Ros. 

Wilson Bros., 2080 Washington 

Wilson, John B., 43 Chelsea, Chsn. 

Wisdom. J. E., 86 Chardon 

Witherspoon, E. P>., 35 Wareham 

Wood, Andrew, 36 Cambridge, Chsn. 

Wood, Benj., 42 Shepard. Brighton 

Wood, J. H.. 41 Beverly 

Wnodall, John. 42 Dorchester av. 

Woodbury & Leighton, 166 Devonshire, 
works 121 Maiden 

Woodman, C. E., 52 AVinchester 

Wylie, Charles, 33 Province 

Wyman, J. A., 51 Buckingham 

Wyman, H. N., rear ()43 Washington, Dor. 

Yerrick, J., 72 Hamjiden 

Young Bros., .3 Winchester 

Masons, Coloreks, and Whiteners. 

Bailey & Co., 6 Bowker 

Baker, George G., 166 Devonshire 

Barker, George H., (580 Saratoga 

Barrett, U., 389 Trem(jnt 

Baxter, Clias. W., rear 30 Bedford 

Bennett, E. A., 1403 Dorchester av. 

Blaisdell, George S., 80 Minot, Nep. 

Bosquet, Fred, 17 Otis 

Brackett, G. A. & S. W., 59 Warren, Rox. 

Brennan, S. & Co., 179 Candiridge 

Bresnahan, P. & Co., 93 Travers 



ADVERTISEMENTS. 



297 



John Shearman, 
^ ANblUILDER, 



lin Beacon street, anTsT 



Between Kent 
Paul Sts. 



LONGWOOD. MASS. 



FURNITURE REPAIRING AND JOBBING 

IN ALL ITS BRANCHES. 

E5TinATE5 PROMPTLY QIVEN. 

T. E. Johnston, 

GAS FITTER, 

HOT WATER HEATl/MG, 

No. 142 Dorchester Avenue, 

SOUTH BOSTON. 

Jobbing of all kinds promptly attended to. 



M. COOPER, 

CARPENTER * 



AMD 



BUILDER, 



flo. 44 Stillfnar) 5t„ 



BOSTON, 



MASS. 



All kinds of Jobs done in the neatest manner. 



Joseph Rosenberger, 



AND 



House 

Decorzitive Paiipter, 



NO. 34 LAGRANGE ST., 



BOSTON, HASS., 



298 



A HALF CEXTURY OF BOSTON S Bl'ILUIXG. 



Bi-oad, S. F., 227 W. r.roadway 

Brown, William, 4 Silver 

Bullock. C. K.. 094 Centre, J. P. 

Burnham & Davis, 17 Otis 

Burns, J. & Sou, 158 W. Seventh 

Carlson, J. G., 45 FortLnul 

Carlton, G. E., 40 TrumliuU and 137 W. 

Brookline 
Chubbuck, James T.,-jNronson, Mat. 
Clark, Wm. L. & Co., 17 Milk, rra. 24 
Cleary, Peter R., 690 Dorchester av. 
Cleverly, T. F., 786 Washington. Dor. 
Cole, Cyrus \V., 73 Essex 
Couuery, David, 56 Charles 
Connery & Wentworth. 22 Pemberton s^i. 
Connolly, T. H., 43 Warreu, Box. 
Cooke, Charles M., 166 Devonshire 
Corbett, Thomas, 1052 Washington 
Cox, W. B., 226 Pleasant 
Curtin, D. T.. 9 Greenwood av. J. 1'. 
Curtis, Thomas S., 57 River 
Cutting, Bardwell, & Co., 166 Devon.shire 
Davison, H. E., 36 Cohasset 
Day, C. E., 328 Chelsea, E. B. 
Dean, George A.. 45 Howard av. 
Dearborn Bros. & Co., 17 ( »tis 
Dennett, Erastus & Son. 10 Cliardon 
Dewing, Benjamin F.. 17 Otis 
Dix, Milo S., 373 Tremont 
Dodge, Charles A., 244 A and 166 Devonshire 
Dodge, Charles H.. 160 Devonshire and 23 

Common 
Dodge, George, IS Harvard, Dor. 
Donahue Bros., 17 Otis 
Donovan & Brock, 38 Wintlirop, Chsn. 
Driscoll, K., 17 (.)tis 
Emery & Stuart, 166 Devonshire 
Evans, F., 277 Prineeton. E. B. 
Pagan, James, 166 Devonshire 
Fessenden & Lihby. 55 Harvard, Chsn. 
Gannon Bros.. 17 (_)tis. 
Gardner. Labau L., 16 Hanson 
George. E. A., 12i- Chardon 



Gilnian. J. J., 6i Chardon 

Gilnicire. J., 588 Shawmut av. 

Gooeh & Pray, 166 Devonshire 

Hall, Levi, 6 Creek sq. 

Holmes Bros., 7 Water 

Hussey, H. S., 183 A Harrison av. 

Hutehius, B. D. & Co., 1920 Washiugton 

Jackson, Robert, 127A Tremont 

Jacobs, David H. & Son.l()6 Devonshire, rm. 

oo 
Jacobs, J. S. & Son. 100 Devonshire 
Jenkins, G., 7 Province 
Jenkins, Joseph W., 1502 Dorchester av. 
Johnson Bros., 100 Devoushire 
Jones, Arthur D., 70 Kingston 
Jones, David C, 4 Sawyer 
Jones, E. M., 75 Warren, Rox. 
Keening & Strout Bros., 100 Devonshire 
Kelley, John, 166 Devonshire 
Knight, C. H. & Co., 3S Rossiter. 
Lake, A. F., 23 Adams. Dor. 
Laplante, Frank, 437 Dudley 
Leighton, F. J., rear 38 Warren, Rox. 
Litchfield. E. M., 139 W. Brookline 
Litchfield, T. T.. 11 Cliapman pi. 
Littlefield, R., head of Tufts wharf 
Lombard. J. H., 85 W'arren, Rox. 
Lorden, D. P., 135 Dover 
Lovering, J. P., 100 Devonshire 
Lowe, E. J., 894 Tremont 
Lunt. J. W. & J. R., 11 Roxbury 
Lynch. E.. 211 W. Springfield 
Lyons, Thomas J.. KiO Devonshire 
Mack & Moore, 22 Chapman pi. 
Mansfield, S. W., 25 Harvard 
^larston, L. K., 10() Devoushire 
JIayers, Robert R. & Co.. 18 Dix, Dor. 
^McArdle. James AV.. 78 Sudlniry 
ileCoy. James E., KW; Devoushire 
McDonough. P., rear 512 Tremont 
:McDowell. 1!. H., Bernard 
]M<-Govern, L., 407 E. Third 
McHugh, D. J., 24 Travers 



AI)Vf;KTISEMEXTS. 299 

Established 1841. 

E. B. BADGER & SONS, 

plain and Architectural Slieet Metal Worl(s, 

METALLIC SKYLIGHTS. 

As Coppersmiths we manufacture 
STEAM JACKET KETTLES (Copper and Iron), DYERS' CYLINDERS, LADLES, &c. 
STEAM COILS for Evaporating and Cooling, VACUUM PANS, 

STEAM COPPER PIPING (Mill and Ship Work), SUGAR HOUSE WORK, 
COPPER BATH AND WASH BOILERS, MIXING MACHINES, 

DISTILLING APPARATUS, &c., &c. 
As Architectural Sheet Metal Workers we manufacture 
Copper and Iron Bay Windows, Copper and Iron Gutters and Conductors, 

Copper and Iron Cornices, Spinning and Stamped Work, 

Copper and Iron Skylights, Copper and Iron Towers and Roofs, 

Copper and Iron Ventilators and Ventilating Pipe. 

63 PITTS STREET, hav^'-a'r''k"e°t''I'89 BOSTON, MASS. 

S. D. Uii'k». S. F. Hicks. 

Coppersmiths and Cornice flakers, 

METHL SKYLIGHTS. &C. 
9 to 17 Bowker Street, BOSTON, MASS, 



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CHAS. KING & CO., • 

^ -f Plumbers *)- 

162 Sumner Street, EAST BOSTON. 



300 



A HALF CEXTURY OF BOSTON S lUII.DIXG. 



McLaughlin, H., 15 Appleton 

McMurtiy, Alex., l(i Sliepavd, Br. 

Merritt & Jarvis. 12 Marshall 

Miller, M. S. & Ct. N., 16G Devonshire 

Moore tS: Eushtou, 73 Sudbury 

Morrison & Jacobs. llH Province 

Morse, G. H., 213 K 

]\Iurra,y, Edward, li Stoddard 

Neale & Preble, 1G6 Devonshire 

Kew England Masonry Co., 8 Oliver 

O'Heam & Joy, 327 W. Fourth 

Oliver, Walter I., 72 Kneeland 

Orne & Lawrence, 17 (_)tis 

Packard, J. Henry, 4238 Washington 

Page, G. & J. W., 213 Pleasant 

Park, Frank E., 922 E;ist Broadway 

Parsons, C. E., 19 Bowker 

Phaneuf, A., 113 Devonshire 

Pickett, George T., 17 Otis 

Pierce, Frederic L. & Son, 827 Adams. Dor. 

Pierce, L. A.. 421 Border and 1 Falcon 
(builder) 

Poggi, John & Son, 113 W. Brookline 

Potter. William S., 5 Mechanics row 

Powers, Eilw., 11 Harrison av. ext. 

Pvand, I)avid L., 17 Otis 

Bobbins, Nathaniel jNI., 778 Dudley 

Eooney, John A., 229 Devonshire 

Boot, W. A. & H. A., 166 Devonshire 

Rounds. T. 1!.. 7.") Joy 

Pvyan, iM., llS W. Seventh 

Sawyer, J. E., 142 Dudley and 2385 Washing- 
ton 

Sawyer, William K.. 37 (iates 

Sawyer, Wm. H., 160 Devonshire 

Shepard, Geo. F., 1()6 Devonshire 

Slakin, Henry A., 17 Otis 

Slattery, M. J., 360 Boston 

Slyne, M., 182 W. Third 

Smitli, Edward M., 17 Otis 

Smith, James, 166 Devonshire 

Soule, L. P. & Son, 166 Devonshire 

Stearns, W. A. & Co., 91 Northamiiton 



Stearns & Waterman, 17 Otis 

Stephens, Green B., 1149 Washington 

Stoddard, Elliot, 28 Bromfield 

Strout, E. E., 1()6 Devonshire 

Stuart, Charles H., P. (). Box 3174 

Sullivan, Cornelius P.. 17 Otis 

Sutherland, John, 17 Otis 

Tarbox, H. E., Wood, cor. Main 

Temple, George A., 296 Main 

Varnerin, J., 43 AVarren, Box. 

Vinal, J. M., 483 Tremont 

Vinal, W. H., Dale, cor. Washington 

Wakeman, John, 166 Devonshire 

Warren, Briggs T., 31 Endicott 

Watson, J. T., 125 Dover 

Weaver, Isaac, 47 Hanover 

Weaver, L. M., Freeport, cor. Dorchester 

av., Dor. 
Webster, Dixon, & Co., 166 Devonshire 
Wells, T. B.. 62 Joy 
Weston, \V. S. & Co., 127A Tremont 
Whidden & Co., 101 Milk 
White, George H., 6i E Springfield 
Whitehouse, Frank W.. 247 Princeton. E. B., 

locker, 109 IMorris 
Wiley, Robert R.. 12 Soley, Chsn. 
Willcutt, L. D. & Son, 1 W> Devonshire 
Wood, John F.. Putnam, cor. Bremen 
Young, Jolm H., S7 Hudson 

I'LASTEKERS. 

Boyce, Gallagher. & Co., 178 Devonshire, 

rm. 309 
Brooks, C. 1'., Wood. cor. ]\Iain, Chsn. 
Brown. 0., 17 Otis 
Carlen, Geo., jr., ft. Princeton. E. B. 
Crowley & Grady. 17 Otis 
Davis, J. H., 17 Otis 
Dowd, Thomas, 78 Sudbury 
Downey & Walsh, 43 Warren. Rox. 
Doyle, Lawrence, 146 jMt. Yeruon 
Finn, John S., 482 Tremont 
FoUan. John J,, 87 Green, J. P. 




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ny I'ERMissio.v bostox iiEnAi.D. 



A D VEETISE M ENTS . 



301 



MELVIN D. AYERS, 
Carpenter and Builder, 

687 Centre Street, 

JAMAICA PLAIN, 
NO. 17 OTIS ST., BOSTON. 



([^^ Jobbing in all its branches promptly 
attended to. Particular attention given to 
packing Furniture for Slnpi)ing-. Doors, 
Sashes and Blinds. Door and Window 
Frames. Hardware, and Hard and Soft 
Wood Lumber constantly on lumd. 



Mitchell & Sutherland, 



4^BDILDERS4- 



166 DEVONSHIRE ST., 



AND 



299 DEVONSHIRE ST., 



THE MASTER 

BUILDERS' ASSOCIATION. 



Boston. 



Special Dinner, i2 to 3. 



St. Nicholas Hotel, 



EUROPEAN PLAN, 



Province St. ^"""^"^ 



City Hall. 



BOSTON, MASS. 



JOHN F. KILDUFF, Proprietor 



I^^roilcd Ivivc Lobster and Aastf Ale. 



PRIVATE DINING ROOMS. 



J. H. LYONS, 



Sanitary Plumbing, 



steam ai^d |Hot U/at(?r ]\e^^\i)<^, 



312 ADAMS STREET, 



DORCHESTER. 



MASS. 



Jobbing promptly attended to. 



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A HALF CEXTL'KY OF BOSTON S BUILDING. 



Ford, J. J. & Co., 17 Otis 
Gonzalo. A. M. & Co.. 35 Medford. Chsn. 
Hayes, AVilliain D., 31 Cliipraan 
Kennedy, Jolm, 17 Otis 
IMaek, Jolm, 22 Chapman pi. 
MacKay, D., 217 Pleasant 
MeInto.sli, David. 166 Devonshire 
McLean. Allan G.,rear 127 Paris 
Morrison, E. G. & Son, 166 Devonshire 
Mnllen, George P., 159 London 
Navas, Joseph C. & Co., 155 Havre . 



O'Brien, James, 17 Otis 

O'Halloran, Michael, 124 Chelsea, Chsn. 

O'Malley, M. J., 17 Otis 

Parker, Thomas & Co., 166 Devonshire 

Patterson, George H. c& Son, 24 Fnller, Dor. 

Quigley, A. P., 3173 Washington 

Eeardon, Edward, 17 Otis 

Eoss, Thomas, ]7 Otis 

Smith Bros., 17 Otis 

Townsend, J. H., 17 Otis 

Washington, A. L., 198 Shavvmut av. 



ADVKRTISEMEXTS. 



303 



FRANK G. COBURN, 

Successor to the late Joseph W. Coburn, 

Building^- 
comtractor. 



ORNAMENTAL and COMMON BRICK WORK 



A SPECIALTY. 



No. 113 DEVONSHIRE STREET, 

BOSTON, MASS. 

PERRY, MATTHEWS & BUSKIRK CO, 

AND DEALERS IN 

INDIANA OOLITIC LIMESTONE, 

Three Hundred Carloads 

Shipped to New England last year. 

QUARRIES AT BEDFORD, INDIANA. 



H. LIMyOOD STILES, -'^,.T.V:'-° 

MASTER BUILDERS' EXCHA^GE, 

166 DEVONSHIRE ST., 

BOSTON. 



AREY BROTHERS, 

No. 713 East Fourth Street, 

SOUTH BOSTON. 

Between K and L, next door to Hose 12, 

Stoves i< Ranges ^ Furnaces 

AND 

KITCHEN FURNISHING GOODS. 

PLUMBING, TIN ROOFING .^m^ 

STOVE and FURNACE WORK. 

Jobbing and Repairing done with Satisfaction, and 
Personal Attention Given when Required. 

TELEPHONE CONNECTION. 

Benj. L. .\rey. Austin Arey. 

G. D. CROUSS, 

Carpenter and Builder. 



Jobbing promptly attended to. 



Residence and Shop : 



o7 RockweU St., 



DORCHESTER, - MASS. 




BUILDERS AND CONTRACTORS ASSOCIATION. 

HIS association, wliifli was organized more than fifty years ago, is now located in 

pleasant and convenient rooms at 17 Otis Street. 

Facts relating to its early history are very meagre, but we take the following 

sketch from a little book issued by the Exchange, whicli gives some interesting facts. 
Tlie first meeting place was around the pump, below the State House, on State Street, which 
has long since been removed. The severity of oixr New England climate caused them to seek 
a more comfortable place to hold their meetings, and a room was secured in the basement, or 
cellar, near the old pump, and occupied l>y Mr. C. K. Nichols, the builder of the old "Cockerel" 
church, so called, on Hanover Street, which was taken down several years ago to make room 
for a iiu)re modern structure. This place was known as the "hole in the ground" and as 
meetings were held but twice each week, "Wednesdays and Saturdays," it served their purpose 
for several years, when new quarters were taken on the corner of State and Devonshire streets. 
After a ten years' stay at this place, more comfortable quarters were secured on the corner 
of StHte Street and what was tlien called Wilson's Lane. The march of improvement demanded 
the extension of Devonshire Street to Dock Square, and they were forced to look for a new home. 
Eooms were secured on Court Street, near Franklin Avenue, where the Exchange remained 
until 1873, when the increase in meml)ership required more commodious quarters, and the 
location. .'!5 Hawley Street, was leased and fitted up for their accommodation. An act of 
inc(u-pi>ration was granted by the Legislature of 1881. under wliichthe association reorganized. 
By referring to the membershiii list of the early days of the Exchange we find the names of 
such contractors and builders as Josepli Coburn, Luther Slade, Francis Winter, and firms such 
as Standish iS; Woodbury, and Greenleaf, Cushing & Adams, who have left behind them a 
rep\itation long to be remembered. And to-day following in their illustrious footsteps may be 
found at the association on every business day contractors and tradesmen representing every 
mechanical industry. 

Among those of the first mendiers of the association, who are still active in business pursuits, 
we find Luther A. Koby, Jeremiah Harrigan and Capt. Cliarles T. Derry. Mr. Koby, in tlie 
early days of his business career, furnished timber and lumber for the ship-building industry 
at ISfedford. Mass., when such men as Samuel Lapham, Jotham Stetson, Paul Curtis, Thatcher 
]\[agoon, and James 0. Curtis, all now deceased, were in their prime and largely engaged in the 
building of vessels. For a great mM,ny years the shiii industry of East Boston has depended 
largely upon Mr. Eoby for its sui)ply of timber. Besides the large amount of ship timber 
supplied by him, for more than twenty years he furnished all the ]:iiles which the wljarves and 
bridges of the North Eiul of Boston rest upon. Jeremiah Harrigan. one of the pioneers of the 
roofing trade, was a member of the association for nearly forty years. (_)ne more of the older 
members, who is entitled to special mention, is Capt. Charles T. Derry, who became a 
member when the association met around the '• old pump "' on State Street. 



ADVERTI'^EMKNTS. 



305 



J. H. Daly. 



ESTABLISHED 1873. 



M. Daly, Manager. 



DALY & CO. 



GRAVEL. SLATE AND TIN ^00 F E RS. 

Gutters and Roofs Made Proof Against Back Water. 
lOOS Tremortt Street, atnci 25 Oa-Toot St., Boston.. 

Branch Shops, cor. Culvert and Downing Sts., Boston, and li>7 (ireen St., Jamaica Plain. 

All orders promptly and personally attended to. 



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CIVIL ENGINEEI[S k^ SUI^YEYORS, 

sueve70es of mechanics' wohe. 

Central Square, No. 603 Main Street, 

cambridgeport, mass. 

Residence, Raymond St., Old Cambridge, near the r.otanical Garden. 
ESTABLISHED A. D., 1839. 

Information of value to every property owner. 

I We have saved tlie original notes anil plans of all 

Surveys by us since ISS'.i, also, a vast collection of copies 
and other information, from which we are prepared to re- 
establish old boundaries as well as new ones. 

L, Anything in our line promflly and accu^iUely attemic.i lo. jj 




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A HALF CENTURY OF BOSTOX S BUILDING. 



The rooms of the association are fitted up witl: all the iiuprovemeiits and conveniences of a 
modern private office, for the use of the members and their patrons. The membership fee, or 
annual assessment, is forty dollars, or less than fourteen cents per day, making the most 
desirable and economical headquarters in Boston. Besides the above advantages you are 
brought in daily contact, during change hour, with all the leading manufacturers, dealers and 
contractors in Boston and vieinitv. 



BLUE STONE PINNERS AND CELLAR STONE. 

Callaghan, Timothy A. 
McCarthy, William J. 

BOILER SETTING. 

McArdle. James W. 

BLACKSMITHS AND .MACIIINISTS. 

^Miller & Shaw. 

builders' finish m(.puldini;s. etc. 
Perkins iS: Pearson. 

brick MANUFAI'TURERS. 

Cofrau, Xoah M. & Co. 
De Kosay, I). Warren. 
Poster, Oliver S. 
Granite State Brick Co. 
Thomas Brothers. 
Washburn, D. &Sou. 

l;l;l(K AND TILE DEALKRS. 

Ham & Carter. 
Morse, P. G. & Co. 
Waldo Brothers. 

BKIDliE AND WHARF BUILDERS. 

Blaisdell, Frank H. 
Belleveu, Augustus & Co. 
Derry, Cliarles T. 
Hayes, J. N. & Co. 
Miller, William L. 
Kowe, Tliomas A. 
Buggies, Thomas E. 
Scully, John T. 
Shaw, Josiah. 
Sutherlaiiil. John. 



Trumbull & Ryan. 
Young, Benjamin. 

ELECTRICIANS. 

Merrill & Dailey. 

Box SHOCKS. 

Smith, W. L. & Co. 

BUILDING MATERIALS. (SECOND-HAND.) 

Elston, jNIiehael & Son. 

BUILDING RAZERS. 

Elston, Michael & Son. 

BUILDING MOVERS. 

Cavanagh, John & Son. Building Moving Co. 
Cavanagh. George E. 
Sole}', John. 

CARPENTERS AND BUILDERS. 

Ayers, ]\[elvin J). 
Bowers & McConnell. . 
Brownell, Milton C. 
Plynn, John J. 
Gillis Brothers. 
Ke.yes, Wm. H. & Co. 
Libliy, Levi L. 
Logue, Charles. 
Martin, L. & Co. 
iMcXainara, John. 
jMcDonald, Angus. 
Tarbox, Ivory P. 
Thomas Brothers. 
Vickery, J.' A. & Son. 

CHARCOAL. 

Welch. James H. (Successor to Chaffee iSr 
Cummings.) 



ADVERTISEMENTS. 



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New Hotel Randolph. 

Remodelled and Refurnished. 
European Plan.^_^^^^ 

Nos. 84 to 88 Friend St. 

Cor. Washington Street. 

B05TOr4. 



RANDOLPH E. MALONE CO., 

Proprietors. 
C. I. SCOTT, rianager. 



T. W. O'CONNOR, 

DEALKR IN 

Doors, Windows and Blinds, 

Wood A\antels, Shelves, 

Piazza Columns, Stair Stock, 
Venetian Blinds, etc. 

FRAMES for Wood and Brick Buildings. 

214 Friend St., 

BOSTON. 



ElisM Douglas & Co., 

Masons ^ Builders, 

No. 3 Dexter Av., 

North Woburn, - - Mass. 



ALL KINDS OF 

Repairing Alterations and General Jobbing, 



Estimates given for all kinds of Mason Work. 

William J. Dolan, 
♦ Decora^tor. 

i£biircb anc* fjonsc 2nural Decoration, 

In Oil and Distemper Colors. 

SpccialfY: CnyPxCH DECOI\ATION. 

224 Tremont Street, 

BOSTON, MASS. 



SHOP, 50 WINCHESTER STREET. 



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A HALF CEXTUKY OF BOSTON S BlILDIXd 



CONTRACTORS RAILROADS AND WATER- 
WORKS. 

Cheney, Ethan K. 
Miller, William L. 
O'Biieii, James "W. 
Tnimljull & Ryan. 
Ward, William H. 

COPPF.RS^IITHS AND (iALVANIZED IRON 
WORKERS. 

Hill & :\reGinty. 
Mullen. Jolin H. 
Sullivan & Callahan. 
Van Noorilen, E. & Co. 

DEIUUCKS, KNCJINES AND HOISTINO 

MAI IIINERY FOR S.\LE OR Til LET. 

Cavanagh, James E. 
Cheney, Ethan E. 
Hickey, James. 
Rollins. Charles C. 
Trumbnll & Ryan. 
Ward. William H. 
Williams. Charles H. 

DOORS, SASH AND BLINDS. 

Slattery & Co. 

DRAIN AND SEWER PIPE. 

P>erry & Ferguson. 
Cuddihy, John J. 
Ham & Carter. 
Waldo Brothers. 

EXCAVATORS AND TEAMSTERS. 

Callaghan, Timothy A. 
Dooley, F. 
Donovan, John. 
Fletcher, Calvin G. 
Liunehan, Charles. 
O'Riorden. Fatriek. 
SeuUy, John T. 
Sullivan, Jeremiah J. 
Sutherland, John. 

FLOOR LAYERS. 

Fredrickson, James T. 
MeConnell, William A. 



FREE STONE AND MARBLE. 

Consolidated Stone Co. 
Coughlan. Frank G. 
Harrington, John. 
Carew, Jeremiah & Co. 
Walsh & Hughes. 

CJENERAL CONTRACTORS. 

Cavanagh. John & Co. 
Cheney, Ethan R. 
Davis, Robert A. 
Hayes, J. N. & Co. 
Miller, William L. 
O'Brien, James W. 
Eowe, Thomas A. 
Sutherland, John. 
Trumbull & Ryan. 
Ward, William H. 

CiRANITE DEALERS. 

Consolidated Stone Co. 
Deny, Charles T. 
Ford, Austin & Son. 
Fallon, John & Son. 
Fletcher, Calvin G. 
Harrington, John. 
Lahey Brothers. 
Lombard. S. cS: R. J. 
Scully, John T. 

(JRANITE CITTERS JOBBING. 

Ford. Austin & Son. 
Harrington, John. 
Lahey, James. 
Lombard, S. c^' R. J. 

INSIRANCE. 

Appleton, Samuel. 
Lovett, Henry H. 

IRON FliUNDERS AND ORNAMENTAL IRON 
WORK. 

Chelmsford Foundry Co. 

LATHERS. 

Christie, John & Son. 
!Mr('luskey, James & Son. 
Walls & Letteney. 



ADVEKTISEMEUTS. 



309 



L. McINNES, 

aod Builder, 

152 O STREET, 

SOUTH BOSTON, MASS. 



Established iS^i. 



•XHE 



Kotiler Furnace & Steam Heating Co. 

Original Manufacturers of the 

Kohler Double Radiating Surface 

AND 

Patent Combination Steam, Hot "Water, 

and Hot Air Heating Apparatus. 

Warerooms : 

93 UNION STREET, ^ear Havmarket Sq. 

AND 164 BLACKSTONE ST. 

BOSTON, MASS. 
Works: EL3IW00D ST., ROXBURY. 

Joseph Kohler. Joseph E. Ilertig. Joseph Cleve. 

Telephone Connection. 



GEO. E. WEAVER, 

50 Milton Av., 



DORCHESTER, 



MASS. 



Jobbing of all kinds promptly attended to. 



Magneso-Calcite Fire-Proof Co., 

Manufacturers of 

MAGNESO-CALCITE 

FOR BUILDINGS. 

Used as Lining between Floors and upon 

Walls, Ceilings, Elevators, Doors, etc. 

Non-eonductor of heat. Sound 

and vermin proof. 

Sole New England Agents for MARTIN 

PROCESS FIRE=PROOP PAINTS, 

KALCITES and LIQUIDS. 

Send for Color Cards and Circulars with prices. 

i66 DEVONSHIRE ST., 

Room 41, Master Builders' Association. 



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A HALF CENTURY OF BOSTO>J S BUILUIXfi. 



LUMBER DEALEKS. 

Eoby, Luther A. & Son. 
Stetson, Alplieiis M. & Co. 
Smith, W. L. & Co. 
Stearns, A. T., Lumljer Co. 

MONUMEXTAL AND CEMETERY WORK. 

Gallon, John & Son. 
Harrington, John. 
Lahey, James. 

MASOXS AXD BUILDERS. 

Bousquet, Fred. 
Brennan, Stephen & Co. 
Burnham & Davis. 
Crane, William. 
Dearborn Brothers & Co. 
Dewing, Benjamin F. 
Donahue Brothers. 
Driscoll, Kerrens. 
Gannon Brothers. 
McArdle, James W. 
Orne & Lawrence. 
Rand, David L. 
Stearns & Waterman. 
Sullivan, Cornelius P. 
Thomas Brothers. 

masons" supplies. 
Berry & Ferguson. 
Ham & Carter. 

King's Windsor Cement Dry Mortar Co. 
Morse, R. G. & Co. 
Norcross, William C. 
Waldo Brotliers. 

METAL LATHIXG. 

Eastern Expanded ]\[etal Co. 

NORTH RIVER FLA(;i;lNcj AND BLUE STONE. 

Cuddihy, John J. 
Ford, Austin & Son. 
Maher Brothers. 

llIiXAMEXTAL STONE CARVING. 

Walsli & Hughes. 



PAIXTEKS AXD DECORATORS. 

Callaglian, Thomas. 
Wliite. John. 

I'AVERS STOXE, BRICK AND COXCRETE. 

Grant, James & Co. 

PILE DIGGING. 

Donovan, John. 
Sutherland, John. 

PILE DRIVERS. 

Belleveu, Augustus & Co. 
Crowley, Timothy C. 
Hayes, John N. & Co. 
Miller, William L. 
Nay, B. F. & Co. 
Ellis, William H. & Co. 
Ruggles, Thomas E. 
Scully, John T. 
Young, Benjamin. 

PILES, TELEGRAPH POLES, ETC. 

Ellis, William H. & Co. 
Nay, B. F. & Co. 
Roby, Lnther A. & Son. 
Scully, Jolm T. 

PLASTERING HAIR. 

Ham & Carter. 
Morse, R. G. lS; Co. 
Rogers, John H. 
Waldo Brothers. 

PLASTERERS, WHITENERS AXD STUCCO 
WORKERS. 

Brown, Ottaway. 
Crowley & Grady. 
Davis, Jose])li H. 
Doyle, Lawrence. 
Dowd, Thomas. 
Furd, J. J. & Co. 
O'Brien, James. 
O'Malley, Michael J. 
Ross, Thomas. 
Reardon, Edward. 
Smith, Edward M. 



ADVERTISEMENTS. 



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C|ilet?rist 9 Saylor, 

Manufacturers and Jobbers of 

STEAM, GAS 



. AND 



Plumbing Materials, 



Cor. HIGH & CONGRESS STS, 



BOSTON, 



MASS. 



T. H. CONNOLLY, 

Mason and Builder, 

43 U/arre9 St. 



Jobbing promptly attended to. 



Residence: No. 87 EDGWOOD STREET, 

ROXBURY, MASS. 



Established 1841. 



A. HATHAIAY'S SONS, 

Successors to A. Hathaway, 

Carpenters and Builders, 

No. 77 River St., 



BOSTON, 



MASS. 



Williams & Daly, 
. . ROOFERS . 

CONDUCTORS AND GUTTERS 

Put up and Repaired. 



I5epa-iri3n.g- a, Specia,lt3r. 



No. 180 DUDLEY ST., 

RO X BU RY . 

Telephone 271 Eoxbury. 



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Smith Brotliers. 
Towiiseml, J. H. 

• PLUMBEHS AND <:AS FITTEHS. 

Sullivan & Callahan. 

l'AVIX(i AXI) EIMiE STOXE. 

Fletcher, Calvin G. 

Grant, James & Co. 

Lahey Brothers. 

Lombari.l, S. & E. J. 

Quinr-y Pavin<T & Edge Stone Co. 

Scully, John T. 

KlIOFElIS METAL, SLATE AND GRAVEL. 

Bailoy, James T. & Co. 
Harrington, Jeremiah & Son. 
Liliby, Levi L. 
Martin, George. 
Riley, Joseph E. 

SAND, ORAVEL AXD LOAM. 

Donovan, John. 
Dooley, 1'. 
Linnehan, Charles. 
]\reaiiy Brothers. 
O'ltiurilen, Patrick. 
Sullivan, Jeremiah J. 

SEA WALL BUILDERS. 

])erry, Charles T. 
Eowe, Thomas A. 
Trumbull & Ryan. 
White, Joseph H, 



SEWER OONTRAl'TOKS. 

Cavanagh, John & Co. 
Davis, Robert A. 
Linnehan, Charles. 

STAIR BUILDERS. 

Lynch, Edward. 

STEAM PUMPS, STEAM DRILLS, HOD ELEVATORS, 
ETC. FOR S,\LE OR TO LET. 

Cheney, Ethan R. 
Hickey, James. 
Rollins, Charles C. 
Trumbull & Ryan. 
Ward. William H. 

STONE MASONS. 

Crane, William. 
Sutherland, John. 

STONE POINTERS AND CLEANERS OF MASONRY. 

Pickett, George T. 

TERRA COTTA. 

Waldo P.rothers. 

TILE SETTIN(; AND FIRE PLACES. 

Bo\isquet, Fred. 
Stearns & Waterman. 

WHITE WASIIIXC AND WATER PAINTINO. 

Smith, Edwaril 'SI. 

WOOD AND ( OAL. 

Morse, R. G. &Co. 
O'Riorden, I'atrick. 



ADVERTISKMKXTS. 



305 



J. H. Daly. 



KSTABLISHED 1S73. 



M. Daly, Manager. 



DALY & CO. 



GRAVEL, SLATE AND TIN 



ROOFERS. 



Gutters and Roofs Made Proof Against Back Water. 
lOO© Tremont Street, and. 25 Ostloot St., Boston. 

Branch Shops, cor. Culvert and Downing Sts., Boston, and 107 Green St.. Jamaica l*lain. 

All orders promptly and personally attended to. 

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W. A. MASON & SON, 



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CIVIL ENGINEEI[S Af(D SUI[YEYORS, 

SDEVETOES OF llEOHANICS' WOEE. 

Central Square, No. 003 Maim Street, 

cam bridgeport, mass. 

Residence. Raymond St., Old Cambridge, near the fjotanical Garden. 
ESTABLISHED A. D., 1839. 

Information of value to every property owner, 

We liave saved tlie original notes and plans of all 
Surveys by us since 183'.i, also, a vast collection of copies 
and otherinformation. from which we are prepared to re- 
establish old boundaries as well as new ones. 

^ Anything in oitr line promptly and acciiyately attended to. ^ 




306 



A HALF CEXTl'RT OF BOSTON S BUILDING. 



The rooms of the association are fitted up with all the improveiuents and conveniences of a 
modern jirivate office, for the use of the members and tlieir imtrons. The membership fee, or 
annual assessment, is forty dollars, or less than fourteen cents per day, making the most 
desirable and economical headquarters in Boston. Besides the above advantages you are 
brought in daily contact, during change hour, with all the leading manufacturers, dealers and 
contractors in Boston and vicinitv. 



BLUF, STOXE PINNERS AND CELLAR STONE. 

Callaghan, Timothy A. 
McCarthy, William J. 

BOILER SETTING. 

McArdle, James W. 

BLACKSMITHS AND MACHINISTS. 

Miller & Shaw. 

builders' finish :M(iULI>INIiS. ETC. 

Perkins & Pearson. 

BRICK MANUF.\c TURERS. 

Cof ran, Noah M. & Co. 
De Rosay, D. Warren. 
Foster, Oliver S. 
Granite St.ite Brick Co. 
Thomas Brothers. 
Washburn, D. & Son. 

BRICK AND TILE DEALERS. 

Ham & Carter. 
IMorse. R. G. & Co. 
Waldo Brothers. 

BRIDGE AND WH.\KF BUILDERS. 

Blaisdell, Frank H. 
Belleveu, Augustus & Co. 
Deny, Charles T. 
Hayes, J. N. >.*t Co. 
IMiller, William L. 
Rowe, Thomas A. 
Ruggles, Thomas E. 
Scully, John T. 
Shaw, Josiali. 
Sutherland. John. 



Trumbull & Ryan. 
Young, Benjamin. 

ELECTRICIANS. 

Merrill & Dailey. 

Bi)X SHOOKS. 

Smith, W. L. & Co. 

BUILDING MATERIALS. (SECOND-HAND.) 

Elston. Michael & Son. 

BUILDING RAZERS. 

Elston, Michael & Son. 

BUILDING M((VERS. 

Cavanagh, John & Son, Building Moving Co. 
Cavanagh, George R. 
Soley, John. 

CARPENTERS AND BUILDERS. 

Ayers, ]Melvin D. 
Bowers & McConnell. 
Brownell, Milton C. 
Flyiin, John J. 
Gillis Brothers. 
Keyes, Win. H. & Co. 
Lihby, Levi L. 
Logue, Charles. 
Martin, L. & Co. 
McXamara, John. 
McDonald, Angus. 
Tarbox, Ivory F. 
Thomas Brothers. 
Yickery, J. A. & Son. 

CHARCOAL. 

Welch, James H. (Successor to Chaffee & 
Ciimmings.) 



ADVERTISEMENTS. 



307 



New Hotel Randolph. 

Remodelled and Refurnished. 
European Plan.__^^^^^ 

Nos. 84 to 88 Friend St. 

Cor. Washington Street. 

B05T0ri. 



RANDOLPH E. MALONE CO., 

Proprietors. 
C. I. SCOTT, nanager. 



T. W. O'CONNOR, 

DEALER IN 

Doors, Windows and Blinds, 

Woo<I A\antels, Shelves, 

Piazza Columns, Stair Stock, 
Venetian Blinds, etc. 

FRAMES for Wood and Brick Buildings. 

214 Friend St., 

BOSTON. 



Elisha Douglas & Co., 

Masons ^ Builders, 

No. 3 Dexter Av., 

North Woburn, - - Mass. 



ALL KINDS OF 

RepairiDg, Alterations and General 



Estimates given for all kinds of Mason Work. 

William J. Dolan, 

Iptc^rior 

♦ Decorzitor. 

dllnirct] anb i^onse IITural Decoration, 

In <Jil and Distemper Colors. 

Specialty: CHURCH DECOKATIO?^. 

224 Tremont Street, 

BOSTON, MASS. 



SHOP, 50 WINCHESTER STREET. 



308 



A HAI,?- CEN'TUKY OF BOSTOX S lUTI.DIN'*;. 



COXTKACTOKS RAILUOADS AND WATf:K- 

WORKS. 

Clieuey. Ethan R. 
Miller, William L. 
O'Brien. James AV. 
Trumbull & Evan. 
Ward. William H. 

COPPF.KSMITHS AXD GALVAXIZKn IRON" 
WOKlvERS. 

Hill & McGinty. 
Iklullen, John H. 
Sullivan & Callahan. 
Van Noorden, E. & Co. 

DKltRICKS, KXCilXES AXD HOISTIX(; 

MAiHIXEKY FliR SALE OR TO LET. 

Cavanagli, James E. 
Clieney, Ethan E. 
Hiekey, James. 
EoUins, Charles C. 
Trumbull & Ryan. 
AVard, William H. 
Williams, Charles H. 

DOORS. SASH AXD KLIXDS. 

Shittery & Co. 

DRAIX AXD SEWEi: PIPE. 

Berry & Ferguson. 
Cuddihy, Jiihn J. 
Ham & Carter. 
Walilo Brothers. 

EXI'AVATIIRS AXD TEAMSTERS. 

Callaghan, Timothy A. 
Dooley,-r. 
Donovan, John. 
Fletcher, Calvin (t. 
Linnehan, Charles. 
(VEior.len. Patrick. 
Scully. John T. 
Sullivan, Jeremiah J. 
Sutherland. Jolin. 

FLOOR LAYERS. 

Eredriekson, James T. 
McCounell, William A. 



FREE STOXE AXD MARBLE. 

Consolidated Stone Co. 
Coughlan, Frank G. 
Harrington, John. 
Carew, Jeremiah & Co. 
Walsh & Hughes. 

OEXEItAL OOXTRACTOK*. 

Cavanagh, John & Co. 
Cheney, Ethan E. 
Davis, Robert A. 
Hayes, J. N. &_Co. 
Miller, William L. 
O'Brien, James W. 
Eowe, Thomas A. 
Sutherland, John. 
Trumbull & Ryan. 
Ward, William H. 

GRAXITE DEALERS. 

Consolidated Stone Co. 
Derry, Charles T. 
Ford, Austin & Son. 
Fallon, John & Son. 
Fletcher. C.ilvin G. 
Harrington, John. 
Lahey Brothers. 
Lombard, S. & E. J. 
Scully, John T. 

(JRAXITE CTTTEUS .JOBBIXG. 

Ford, Austin & Son. 
Harrington, John. 
Lahey, James. 
Lombard, S. & E. J. 

IXSIRAXCE. 

Appleton, Samuel. 
Lovett, Henry H. 

IROX FOUXDERS AXD ORXAMEXTAL IROX 
WORK. 

Chehnst'ord Foundry Co. 

L.VTHERS. 

Christie, John & Son. 
McCluskey, James & Sou. 
Walls & Lettenev. 



ADVEKTISEMENTS. 



309 



L. McINNES, 

A\2vsor? 
aod Builder, 

152 O STREET, 

SOUTH BOSTON, MASS. 

Established 1851. 

THE 

Kohler Furnace & Steam Heating Co. 

Orig-inal Manufacturers of the 

Kohler Double Radiating Surface 

AND 

Patent Combination Steam, Hot "Water, 
and Hot Air Heating Apparatus. 

Warerooms : 

93 LlNION Si REET, Near Haymarket Sq. 

AND 164 BLACKSTONE ST. 

BOSTON, MASS. 
Works: ELMWOOD ST., ROXBUKY. 

Joseph Kohler. Joseph E. Hertig. Joseph Cleve. 

Telephone Connection. 



GEO. E. WEAVER, 
• t\ZiSOl). • 

50 Milton Av., 

DORCHESTER, - - - MASS. 



Jobbing: of all kinds promptly attended to. 



Magneso-Calcite Fire-Proof Co,, 

Manufacturers of 

MAGNESO-CALCITE 

FOR BUILDINGS. 

Used as Lining between Floors and upon 

Walls, Ceilings, Elevators, Doors, etc. 

Non-conductor of heat. Sound 

and vermin proof. 

ji^XjTxr.^-2-s s-crccEssx"-crij. 

5ole New England Agents for MARTIN 

PROCESS FIRE-PROOF PAINTS, 

KALCITES and LIQUIDS. 

Send for Color Cards and Circulars with prices. 

166 DEVONSHIRE ST., 

Room 4r, Master Builders' Association. 



310 



A HALF CENTURY OF BOSTON S BUIL1)IN(; 



LUMBF,K DEALERS. 

Eoby, Liitlier A. & Son. 
Stetson, Alplieus M. & Co. 
Smith, W. L. & Co. 
Stearns, A. T.. Lumber Co. 

MONUMENTAL AND CEMETERY WORK. 

Fallon. Jolm & Son. 
Harrington, John. 
Lahey, James. 

MASONS AND BUILDERS. 

Bousquet, Fred. 
Brenuan, Stephen & Co. 
Burnham & Davis. 
Crane, William. 
Dearborn Brothers & Co. 
Dewing, Benjamin F. 
Donahue Brothers. 
Driscoll, Kerrens. 
Gannon Brothers. 
McArdle, James W. 
Orne & Lawrence. 
Band, David L. 
Stearns & Waterman. 
Sullivan, Cornelius F. 
Thomas Brothej's. 

masons' supplies. 
Berry & Ferguson. 
Ham & Carter. 

King's Windsor Cement Dry Mortar Co. 
Morse, 11. G. & Co. 
Norcross, William C. 
Waldo Brothers. 

metal lathin(;. 
Eastern Expanded Metal Co. 

NORTH RIVER FL.iOGING AND BLUE STONE. 

Cuddihy, John J. 
Ford, Austin & Son. 
Maher Brothers. 

(lltNAMENTAL STONE CARVING. 

Walsh & Hughes. 



PAINTEHS AND DECORATORS. 

Callaghan, Thomas. 
White, John. 

PAVERS STONE, BRICK AND CONCRETE. 

Grant, James & Co. 

I'ILK DIGOING. 

Donovan, John. 
Sutherland, John. 

PILE DRIVERS. 

Belleveu, Augustus & Co. 
Crowley, Timothy C. 
Hayes, John N. & Co. 
Miller, William L. 
Xay, B. F. & Co. 
Ellis, William H. & Co. 
Buggies, Thomas E. 
Scully, John T. 
Young, Benjamin. 

PILES, TELEGRAPH POLES, ETC. 

Ellis, William H. & Co. 
Nay, B. F. & Co. 
Koby, Lnther A. & Son. 
Scully, John T. 

PLASTERING HAIR. 

Ham & Carter. 
Morse, R. G. & Co. 
Eogers. John H. 
Waldo Brothers. 

PLASTERERS, WHITENERS AND STUCCO 
WORKERS. 

Brown, Ottaway. 
Crowley & Grad3\ 
Davis, Joseph H. 
Doyle, Lawrence. 
Dowd, Thomas. 
F(ird, J. J. & Co. 
O'Brien, James. 
O'Malley, Michael J. 
Ross, Thomas. 
Reardon, Edward. 
Smith. Edward M. 



ADVERTISEMENTS. 



311 



C(ilel7rist 9 Saylor, 

Manufacturers and Jobbers of 

STEAM, GAS 



AND . . . 



Plumbing Materials, 

Cor. HIGH & CONGRESS STS, 

BOSTON, = = MASS. 



T. H. CONNOLLY, 

Mason and Builder, 

43 U/arrep St. 



Jobbing promptly attended to. 



Residence: No. 87 EDGWOOD STREET, 

ROXBURY, MASS. 



Established 184 i. 



A. HATHAWAY'S SONS, 

Successors to A. Hathaway, 

Carpenters and Builders, 

No. 77 River St., 

BOSTON, MASS. 



Williams & Daly, 
. ROOFERS . . 

CONDUCTORS AND GUTTERS 

Put up and Repaired. 



Z^epairing- a Specialty. 



No. 180 DUDLEY ST., 

RO X BU RY . 



TelephoEe 271 Eoxbnry. 



?,r. 



A HALF CEXTURY OF BOSTON .S BUILDIXG. 



Smith Brotlifis. 
Towiisend, J. H. 

PLUJIBERS AND OAS FITTERS. 

Sullivan & Callalian. 

PAVIXi; AND EIXiE STOXE. 

Fletcher, Calvin G. 

Grant, James & Co. 

Laliey Brothers. 

Lombard, S. & E. J. 

Quiney Pavingr & Edge Stone Co. 

Scully, John T. 



KlIOKEKS - 



METAL. SLATE AXI> (ilJAVKL. 



Bailey, James T. & Co. 
Harrington, Jeremiah & Son. 
Libby, Levi L. 
Martin, George. 
Riley, Joseph E. 

SAXD, GRAVEL AXD LOAM. 

Donovan, John. 
Pooley, 1'. 
Linnehaii, Charles. 
Meany Brothers. 
O'Riorden, Patrick. 
Sullivan, Jeremiah J. 

SEA WALL BUILDEltS. 

Derry, Charles T. 
Eowe, Thomas A. 
Trumbull & Ryan. 
White, Joseph H. 



SEWEK COXTR ACTORS. 

Cavanagh, Joliu & Co. 
Davis, Robert A. 
Linnehan, Charles. 

STAIR BUILDERS. 

Lynch, Edward. 

STEAM PUMPS, STEAM DRILLS, HOD ELEVATORS, 
ETC. FOR SALE OR TO LET. 

Cheney, Ethan R. 
Hickey, James. 
Rollins, Charles C. 
Trumbull & Kyan. 
Ward, William H. 

STOXE MASIIXS. 

Crane, William. 
Sutherland, John. 

STOXE POIXTEKS AXD CLEAXEKS OF MASOXRV. 

Pickett, George T. 

TERRA COTTA. 

Waldii lirothers. 

TILE SKTTIXO AXD FIRE PLACES. 

Bousquct. Fred. 
Stearns & Waterman. 

WHITE WASHIXf; AXD WATER PAIXTIXG. 

Smith, Edward M. 

WOOD AXD COAL. 

]\Iorse, R. G. & Co. 
O'Riorden, I'atrick. 



A DVERTISEilENTS. 



3J3 



william sanby, 
Carpenter 

AND 

Builder^ 

OFFICE, STORE AND MARKET WORK. 

213i Commercial St., 

BOSTON. 



S. p. Small. 



A. T. Small. 



SMALL BROTHERS, 

Practical Plumbers. 

Prompt personal attention given to all orders. 

Estimates Furnished at sliort notice. 

Notify l)y Postal. 

262 Broadway, 



M. E. Rideout & Co, 
MOULDINGS 

of every description, 

CAMBRIDGEPOKT. 

Connected by Telephone. 



EVERETT, 



MASS. 



Kiln and Air-Dried Lumber. 

j\\\ Hii^ds of OrijameQtal U/ood. 

M. E. Rideout. Chas. M, Conant. 

Edmund J. Cogan, 



^Zirpepter 



AND 



Builder, 



52 Springfield St., 



SOMERVILLE. 



JOBBING PROMPTLY ATTENDED TO. 



MASTER BUILDERS' ASSOCIATION. 




jHIS association was organized l;y members of tlie ileclianics' Exchange ■who were 
not wliolly satisfied with the manner in whicli that association was being con- 
ducted, and they organized the Master Builders' Association in 1885, with a 
membership of sixt\--eight. The association has grown very rapidly and owns 
the building on Devonsliire Street, which lias been described in a previous part of this work. 

The purjjose of the new organization is and ever has been to make membershiiJ in the 
association a reasonable assurance to the public of the skill, honesty and responsibility of its 
members ; to jirovide methods and means wherebj' members may secure fair dealing among 
themselves and between themselves and the public; and also to secure uniformity of action on 
such general principles as may from time to time be decided upon as best for the welfare of 
all concerned. 

From that beginning the new organization has steadily advanced, until now it is one of the 
most respected organizations of birsiness men in the city. Its membership has increased from 
sixty-eight to about three hundred firms, while many a])plicants for admission have V)een 
refused as nndesirable. 

The association have an elegant "Exchange" room fitted up in the second story of their 
building, which is open to members and is well patronized. Following is a list of present 
niemhers : 



Aberthaw Construction Co., Concrete Work. 
American Fire I'roofing Co., Eoom 49, M. 15. 

A. Building. 
Appleton, Samuel, Enijiloyers' Liability 

Insurance. 
Bacon & Co., Iron Merchants. 
Badger, E. B. & Son, Copper Workers. 
Bailey, E. W. & Co., Doors, Windows and 

Blinds. 
Baker, George, G., ]\Iason Builder. 
Baldwin & Emerson, North River Blue 

Stone. 
Barker, William ]'., Granite Worker. 
ISarnard, George A., lioofer. 
Barbour-Stockwell Co.. Iron Workers. 
Bay State Brick Co., Brick Manufacturers. 
Bearse, Owen & Son, Lumber. 
Berry & Ferguson, Masons' Sn^jplies. 



Eerrj- & Watson, Carpenter Builders. 

Blacker & Shepard, Lumber. 

BLiir, Isaac, & Co., Building Movers. 

Blandford Brick and Tile Co., Brick ]\Ianu- 
facturers. 

Bogart, I. H., Carpenter Builder. 

Boston Plate and Window Glass Co., Win- 
dow Glass. 

Bosworth & French. I'lumbers. 

Bowker, Torrey & Co., ^larble Workers. 

Briggs Brothers, Stair Builders. 

Brookfield Brick Co., Brick Manufacturers. 

Back, T. H. & Co., Lumber. 

Buerkel & Co., Plumbers and Steam Fitters. 

Bugbee, Charles M., & Co., Lumber. 

Burditt cV' Williams, Hardware. 

Btirt. J. H., & Co., Carpenter Builders. 

Butler, Philip H., & Co., Marble Workers. 



ADVERTISEMENTS. 



315 



Works: RUSSELL, MASS. 
Boston & Albany R. R. 



Master Builders' 
Association. 



Blandford Brick and Tile Co. 

Manufacturers of 

Plain and Ornamental 

BUILDING BRICK, 

Of any desired Color, from Pure Clays, 
BUFF AND WHITE A SPECIALTY. 

Fire Brick and Fire Tiles 

OF F.VF.RV DESCKirriON. 

Office: 12 WATER ST., 
BOSTON, HASS., 

Springfield Salesroom, 67 LYMAN ST. 

O. W. NoRCRoss, A. J. Park, 

President, Treasurer, 

G. L. TwiCHELL, Manager. 

John Y. Gillespie, 

DEALER IN 

Furnaces, Ranges and Stoves. 

.A.JL.S.O 

Plumbing and Plumbers' Materials. 

EDWARD EVERETT SQ., 

277 Boston St. ""o^^^: 

BOSTON, MASS. 

All orders by Mail promptly attended to. 



WILLIAM T. EATON, 
ByiLBER * * 

. . . AND . . . 

eONTRABTOR 

Established iS6S. 
John Hancock Building, Room 313, 

178 Devonshire St., 35 Federal St., 

BOSTON. 
Pilgrim Hall Building, 

734 Broadway, - - South Boston. 

N. McKINNON, 
CARPENTER 

BUILDER, 



AND 



Jobbing of all kinds promptly attended to. 



229 Washington St., 

BROOKLINE. 



X£esl!a.exi.ce : 

230 DUDLEY ST., ROXBURY. 



316 



A HALF CENTURY OF BOSTOX S BriLDIXG. 



Burke Bros., Carpenter Builders. 

Campbell, P. J., & Sons, Freestone Workers. 

Cnpe Ann Granite Co., Granite. 

Carew, Josejili F., Freestone Worker. 

Carnegie Steel Co. (Limited), Iron Merchants. 

Cari)enter, William, Building Superintend- 
ent. 

Casey, Thomas, Brick Manufacturer. 

Cavanagh, George H., Pile Driver, etc. 

Cavanagh, John, & Son, Building- Moving Co. 

Central Xew England Brick E.xchange Co. 

Chandler & Barber, Hardware. 

Charles Eiver Stone Co., Freestone Workers. 

Chequasset Lumber Co., Lumlier. 

Christie, John, & Son, Lathers. 

Clark, C. Everett, & Co., General Contractors, 
Boom 42, M. B. A. Building. 

Clark, Cyrus T., & Co., Painters. 

Clark & Lee, Carpenter Builders. 

Chirk & Smith, Lumber. 

Clark, W. L., cSt Co., Mason Builders. 

Cleveland Stone Co., Stone Dealers. 

Clinton Wire Cloth Co. 

Connery & Wentworth, jNfason Builders. 

Connecticut River Lumber Co., Luml)er. 

Consolidated Stone Co. 

Cooke, Cliarles M., INIason Builder. 

Corning, E., & Co., Iron Merchants. 

Crafts, Henry's Sons, Masons' Supplies. 

Croft, James T., & Co., Iron Workers. 

Cuildihy, J. J.. Xortli Kiver lilue Stone. 

Cunningham, Banks & Co., Lund)er. 

Currier, Charles E., Carpenter Builder. 

Curtis & P<)pe, Lumber. 

Cutler, Frank E., Painter. 

Cutting, Bardwell & Co., General (Contract- 
ors. 

Dalton-IngersoU Co., Plumbers' Supplies. 

Darling Brothers, General Contractors. 

Davis, James A., & Co.. Cement, Coal and 
Coke. 

Day, George H., Brick Manufacturer and 
Dealer. 



D'Este & Seeley Co., Plumbers' Supplies. 
Dickey, A., & Co., Stair Builders. 
Dodge, Charles A., Mason Builder. 
Dodge, Chas. H., Mason Builder. 
Drisko, Alonzo S., Carjieuter Builder. 
Drisko, O. H., & Son, Carpenter Builders, 

Boom 32, M. B. A. Building. 
Eddy, Otis, Lumber. 
Edmester, E. B., ISrick ^Manufacturer. 
Emery & Stuart, Mason Builders. 
Fagan, James, j\Iason Builder. 
Farquhar, John's Sons, Inc't'd, Roofers. 
Fiske, Homes & Co., Brick and Terra Cotta. 
Fuller, Seth W., Electrical Engineer, Bells 

and Speaking Tubes. 
Gardner, A. M., Hardware Co., Hardware. 
Gerry & Xorthup, Carpenter Builders. 
Gifford & Lawrence, Carpenter Builders. 
Gooch & Pray, Mason Builders, Room ."»2, 

M. B. A. Building. 
Godfrey Electric Construction Co., Electrical 

Engineers, Bells and Tubes. 
Graham & Cameron, Stair Builders. 
Granite Railway Co., Granite, Room 48, 

M. B. A. P.uilding. 
Granite State Brick Co., Brick ^lanufacturers. 
Gray & Stebbins, Lumber. 
Grigg, Joseph W., Slate, Tiles, etc. 
Haberstroh, L., & Son, Painters. 
Hall, Charles E., & Co., Marble Workers. 
Hallowell Granite Co., Granite. 
Ham & Carter, Masons' Supplies. 
Ham, L. M., & Co., Iron Workers. 
Hammond, Edw. J., & Co., Lumber. 
Hannon, Frank J., Sand and Gravel. 
Harrington, Robinson & Co., Iron Merchants. 
Hersey, Ira G., Carpenter Builder. Room 43, 

M. B. A. Building. 
Hicks, S. D., & Son, Coj)per Workers. 
Hind, Thos. J., Roofer. 
Holt & Bugbee, Lumber. 
Hosmer, Jerome C, Carpenter Builder, Room 

56. M. B. A. Building. 



ADVERTISEMENTS. 



317 



GEO. G. BAKER, 




'4^ 



"4^ 



4- 



ANb iUILDER, 



166 Devonshire St., 

BOSTON. 

Jobbing promptly attended to. 

Estimates Furnished. 

C. A. HAMMOND, 

Garperiter and Bailder, 

Jobbing- promptly attended to at reasonable prices. 



Shop 641 E. FOURTH ST., 

Between Jay and I Streets, 

Residence, 532 East 5th Street, 
SOUTH BOSTON. 



storm Windows taken off and Stored away. 
WINDOW SCREENS made to order. 



Frank L. Whitcomb, 



CONTRACTOR * 



AMD- 



BUILDER, 



166 Devonshire St., 



113 BROADWAY, CAMBRIDOEPORT. 



P. F. HANLON, 



Carpenter ond Builder. 



Jobbing promptly attended to. 



ESTIMATES FURMSHEI). 

No. 33 DIX ST., 

Dorchester District, 
BOSTON, MASS. 



31S 



A HALF CKNTtRY OF BOSTON S BlILDIXft 



Huckins, P. 8.. & Co.. Hard I'ine Lumber. 
Hunter. J. B., & Co., Hardware, Eooni 43, 

M. B. A. Building. 
Hursli, C. S., Brick Dealer. 
Hussey, Henry, & Co., l*linnber.s. 
Hunt, H. H., Carpenter Builder. 
Jacobs, David H., & Son, Mason Builders, 

Boom 33, M. B. A. Building. 
James & Abbot, Lumber and Brick. 
James & Marra, Freestone AVorkers. 
Jarvis Engineering Co., Boilers and Engines. 
Jewett Lumber Co., Lumber, Boom 57. ^L B. 

A. Building. 
Julius. H. W., Manufacturing Co., Fire 

Troofing. 
Johnson Brothers, Mason Builders. 
Johnson, William A., Plumber. 
Kelly. John, Mason Builder, Room 53, Isl. B. 

A. Building. 
Kelly & McKinnon, Carjienter Builders. 
Kenrick Bros., I'lumbers. 
Keening & Strout Brothers, Jlason Builders. 
King's "Windsor Cement Dry ^Mortar Co., 

Wall Plaster, Boom 44, M. B. A. Build- 
ing. 
Lally & Montague, Masonry Pointers. 
Lamb, B. F., & Co., Lumber. 
Lanesville Granite Co., Granite. 
Lawrence & Wiggin, Lumber. 
Leatherbee, C. W. (Trustee), Lumber. 
Lewis, Edwin C., Electrical Engineer. 
Lombard, S. & E. J., Granite Quarries. 
Lovering, Jonathan P., JIason Builder, Boom 

32, M. B. A. Building. 
Lumb, William & Co., Plumbers. 
Lyons, Thomas J., "Mason P.uihler. 
Lyons, Walter S., Granite Worker. 
Macauley, George W., Moldings. 
Magneso-Calcite Fireproof Co.. Boom 41. 

M. B. A. Building. 
Mainland, John Y., Car])enter Builder. Room 

52, M. B. A. Building. 
Mauson, S. T.. & Co., Lumbi-r. 



!Marstou. L. K., ^Nfason Builder. 

Maxwell, W. R.. Brick Manufacturer. 

McConnell, "\Vm. A. 

McCoy, James E., Mason Builder. 

Mcintosh, David, Plasterer, Room 31, M. B- 

A. Building. 
;\rcKay, J. J., Granite Jobber. 
!McLauthlin, George T., & Co., Iron Workers. 
McLellan, James D., Carpenter Builder. 
IMcLoughlin, John, Gas Fitter. 
McMahon, Chas., Teamster. 
IVIcXeil Brothers, Carpenter Builders. 
INIcNutt, J. J., Carpenter Buildei-. 
^NlcQuesten, Geo., & Co., Hard Pine Lumber. 
Meany, E. F., & Co., Freestone Workers. 
jMerriam, F. A., & Co., Masons' Supplies. 
Meyer, Sniffen Co. (Limited), Plumbers' Sujv 

plies, 
^lilford Pink (iranite Co., Room 51, M. B. 

A. Building. 
]\[iller & Ladd, Carpenter Builders. 
Miller. M. S. & G. N., IMason Builders. 
^Miller, William L., Pile Driver, etc. 
Mitchell & Sutherland, Carpenter Builders. 
^Morrison, George W., Carpenter Builder. 
Morrison, E. G., & Son, Plasterers. 
Morse, R. G., & Co., Masons' Supplies. 
Morss & Whyte, Wire Workers. 
Morton F. F., Carpenter Builder. 
Murdock Parlor Grate Co., Tiles, etc. 
Nawn, Hugh, Teamster and Excavator. 
Neal & Preble, Mason Builders. 
New England Adamant Co., Room 32, M. B. 

A. Building. 
New Jersey Steel & Iron Co., Iron Worker, 

Room 41, M. B. A. Building. 
Nichols, John G., Floor Layer. 
Nixon, James, Carjienter Builder. 
Noreross Brothers, General Contractors. 
Norcioss. AV. C., Masons' Supplies. 
Norton, F. A., Pile Driver, etc. 
Norton Iron Co., Iron AVorkers. 
Norton, Wm. A., 15iidt;e and Wharf Builder. 



ADVEKTISEMEXTS. 



319 



Miles Steam Boiler and Plate Iron Works. 




A STREET, BOSTON. 

MILES PATENT BOILERS AND HEATERS. 
STILLS, DRYERS, EVAPORATORS. 

Oil Refining and Sugar Refiners' Work a Specialty. 



The Columbia 



Architectural it Building Association. 



ARCHITECTS AND BUILDERS, 



Ames Building, Room 40, 



BOSTON, HASS. 



0-. TD. IMIITOHEI-iL, nyEanag-er. 



520 



A HALF CENTLTRY OF BOSTON S BUILDING. 



Nugent, James, Latlier. 

O'Brien, D. A., & Son, Roofers. 

O'Connell & Smith, Gas Fitters. 

O'Riordon, Patrick, Saiid and Gravel. 

Page, D. P., Carjienter Builder. 

Palmer, I'arker & Co., Liimber. 

Parker, Charles 8., & Sons, Roofers. 

Parker, Thomas, & Co., Plasterers. 

Parry Brothers & Co., Brick Manufacturers. 

Perkins, Geo. W., Gas Fitter. 

Periy, Lewis F., & Whitney, Painters. 

Perry, Matthews & Buskirk Co., Limestone. 

Perth Amhoy Terra Cotta Co. 

Pickett, Joseph J., Masonry Pointer. 

Pickett, Robert H., Masonry Pointer. 

Pigeon Hill Granite Co., Granite. 

Plummer, R. B.. Jr,, Carpenter Builder. 

Power, Richard, & Son, Marble Workers. 

Pratt, Amasa, & Co., Doors, Windows and 

Blinds. 
Rayner, A. W., Stair Builder, 
Redding, Baird & Co., Stained Glass. 
Rhines, J. B., & Co., Lumber. 
Richardson & Young, Carpenter Builders. 
Ricker, E., Son & Co., Granite Workers. 
Riley, H.'s Sons., Roofers. 
Riley, James M., & Co., Roofers. 
Roby, L. A., & Son., Lumber. 
Rockport Granite Co., Granite. 
Rogers Brothers. 

Rogers, 0. T., Granite Co,, Granite. 
Root, W. A. & 11. A., ]\rason Builders. 
Ross, Henry F.. Co., Carpenter Builders. 

Room 49, M. B. A. Building. 
Ross, Joseph, Bridge and Wharf Builder. 
Rutan, AVm. L., Mason Builder. 
Sampson, Walter S., iNfason Builder. 
Sanborn, William A., Brick Manufacturer. 
Sands, Martin W., Brick Manufacturer. 
Sawyer, E. D., & Co., Lumber. 
Sayward, William H.. ]\Iason Builder. Room 

33, ^I. B. A. Building. 
Seaboard Lumber Co., Lumber. 



Shaler & Hall (Quarry Co.. Stone Dealers. 

Shapleigh, Jolm W., Builder. 

Sheldon, H. E., Granite Worker, Room 48, 

M. B. A. Building. 
Shepard, George F., Mason Builder. 
Sherriffs, William E., Plumber. 
Simpson Brotliers, Asphalt, Room 58, IM. B. 

A. Building. 

Smitli-Carleton Iron Co., Iron Workers, 

Room 33, M. B. A. Building. 
Smith, G. W. & F., Iron Co., Iron Workers. 
Smith, James, IMason Builder, Room 56, M. 

B. A. Building. 

Smith & Lovett, Iron Workers. 

Somerset & Johnsonburg Mfg. Co., Brick> 

Room 45, M. B. A. Building. 
Soule, L. P., & Son., Mason Builders, Room 

31, M. B. A. Building. 
Stearns, A. T., Lumber Co., Lumber, Room 

40, M. B. A. Building. 
Stetson, A. M., & Co., Lumber. 
Strout, E. E., Mason Builder. 
Sullivan, William J., Freestone Worker. 
Swan, F. A., Electrical Engineer. 
Sweatt & Gould, Granite Workers. 
Treworgy, Wm. H., Lumber. 
Tucker, Isaac N., Plumlier. 
Tucker, J., & Son, Plumbers. 
Tufts, George M., Carpenter Builder. 
Tyler, B. F., & Sons, Lumber. 
AVakeman, John, Stone Mason. 
Waldo Brothers, Masons' Supplies, etc. 
Wallburg & Sherry, Painters. 
Warren, 'm. C, & Co., Hardware. 
Washburn, D., & Sons, Brick Manufacturers. 
Weston & Bigelow, Lumber. 
Wliitcomb, E., Xoyes & Co., Carpenter 

Builders. 
Wliitcomb, Frank L., Carpenter Builder. 
Whittier Machine Co., Elevators, Machinery. 
Wight, Edward A., Lumber. 
Willcutt, Lyman D., & Son, Mason Builders, 

Room 54, M. B. A. Building. 
Wingate, James I., & Son, Painters. 
Witlierspoon, E. B., Carpenter Builder. 
AVooil, Barker & Co., Lumber. 
Woodbury cS: Leighton, General Contractors, 
Room 51, M. B. A. Building. 



AIiVKKTISEMENTS. 



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JEROME REDDING. HARVEV REDDING. 

ESTABLISHED 1868. 



JEROME REDDING & CO., 

48 Hanover Street, Boston. 

Electrical « Engineers 

ANT) MANUFACTURERS OF 

ELECTRICAL APPARATUS. 



Electric Light and Power Machinery for Buildings, 
designed and installed in tlie best manner. 

Specifications and Plans for the installation of Electric 
Light or Po-vver Machinerv, including all details, fur- 
nishetl when tlesired. 

Hotels, Churches, Schools and other Buildings wired 
and fitted coinplete with Electric Lighting, Gas 
Lighting, Fire Alarm and other Electrical Apparatus. 



Fonr Circuit Switcli Boaril for Insiilat*"*! Klcctric Li;;ht Phuit. 



Estimates and all information Furnislied on Application. 



Richard Holmes. 



John Holmes. 
Address P. O. Box 1816. 



Stephen Holmes. 



HOLMES BROS., 

guilders an d Contractors , 

CARPENTERS' SHOP AND MASONS' YARD. 

ISl, 1.Q3 ds IST Ca."bot Street, 



Office, 7 Water Street, 



BOSTON. 




PLUMBING AND SANITATION. 

HE sanitary conditiou of Bostou will bear favorable comparison with that of any city 
ill the countiy. The laws are very strict in regard to the plumbing and other 
sanitary arrangements and the plumbers are held to a close observance of the 
of the laws. The sanitary affairs of the city are under the supervision of the 
boanl of healtli while the construction of plumbing is under the supervision of the building 
dej^artment. 

One of the most important trades in connection with modern building is that of the 
sanitary plumber, and it holds a prominent position in the building up of the city. Speaking 
of the matter, a writer in the Architectural Record says: "It engages the attention of the 
architect in a marked degree, partlj- because of the newly awakened interest in all that pertains 
to healthy home surroundings, but in a greater measure becaiise of the fact that in the princi- 
pal cities of the country the practice of the trade of plumbing is regulated by law, and 
architect, owner and plumber are bound to an adherence to the requirements of the State 
})lumbing law or the municipal ordinance, according to circumstances. At first sight, the 
prominence given to the plumbing work in a building suggests an inquiry as to the ' reason 
why.' This is easily explained. The purpose to be effected by the work of the i^lumber is 
the safe removal of the sewage and waste matters of the house to the public sewer or some 
other accepted place of deposit, the introduction of a proper water supply, and the exclusion 
from the building of sewer air, laden as it is with the germs of disease.' 

Although the conditions and progressive methods of the present time are far in advance of 
those of ancient times, still the matter of a proper regard for health by sanitary arrange- 
ments was not wholly disregarded bj' the ancients. The same writer quoted above says: 
" Sewerage and drainage, water supply in dwellings, exclusion of sewer gas and ventilation of 
sewers, all of which are dwelt upon at tlie present day as being indispensable to healthy 
living, were enjoyed as far back as a thousand years or more before the Christian era. The 
great sewer of ancient Eonie, the Cloaca Maxima, commenced 2,500 years ago, and still 
existing, bears evidence to the importance attached to sewage works, and it is worthy of note 
that the existence of sewer gas was as well known to the ancients as to the sanitarians of our 
own time. In Justinian's 'Digest,' completed Anno Domino 534, it is stated that 'the Prator 
took care that all sewers should be cleaned and repaired for the health of the citizens, because 
uncleaned or unrepaired sewers threaten a pestilential atmosphere and are dangerous.' 

" In the same manner the water supply for use in houses was made a matter of paramount 
importance, and in Koine, in the closing days of the Eepublie, there were no less than nine 
aipieducts traversing the city and supplying water in the houses. In the reign of the Em- 
peror Augustus the water system was as closely regulated as it is to-day in most of our 
American cities. Severe penalties for misuse of water were imposed, and rules adopted for 
its distribution were formulated and enforced with the utmost exactness." 



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BUILDING • • 
CONTRACTORS, 

Master Builders' Association, 

1 66 Devonshire St., 

DAILY FROM 12 to 1. 

OFFICE : 

No. 42 DUNLOW ST., 

ROXBURY, - - A\ASS. 

Telephone, Roxbury 262. 



Henry McGahey. 



LOUIS H.JACOBS, 



plumber, 



9 WALDEN STREET, 



Roxbury. 



McGAHEY & BYRNE 



John B. Byrne. 
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fiASONS, 
iONTRACTORS 



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iUILDERS. 

Setting Boilers and Furnaces. 

Erecting Steam Chimneys, Engine Foundations, etc 

A SPECIALTY. 



Office and Order Box : 

108 MAIN STREET, 

CAMBRIDGEPORT, - - MASS. 



Jobbing promptly attended to. 



R. J. Flewelling, 




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- BUILDER, 

2 lal\<? Street, 



BRIGHTON, 



MASS. 



Jobbing promptly attended to. 



324 A HALl'' CENTURY OF BOSTOn's BUILDIXIi. 

While in those early times tliere were no Boards of Water Commissioners, Departments of 
Public Health, and other similar commissions, such as we have at the present time, yet there 
were men who had the matter in charge, and they looked after the matter fully as carefully 
and rigorously as do those chosen for the same purpose at the present time, and the systems 
were admirably equipped, and the details arranged and looked after in a must systematic 
and orderly fashion. 

Quoting again from the writer above referreil to, lie says, speaking of the plumber of the 
olden time and his work r "Speaking as we are at this point of the ancient plumber, him who 
flourished when the Roman a(ineducts were in full operation, we are unable to define with any 
degree of accuracy at what point the limits of his trade were set. The records wliich come 
down to us of the baths in tlie aucient cities of the East, in which so much lead pipe had been 
used, show beyond question that the pilumber was in demand, as the lead pipe of that period 
was tlie work of his hands. There does not appear to be any information e.xtant as to the 
method of pipe construction before the Roman era, but it is gener;illy supposed that the 
Eoman plumbers borrowed their methods from those of Bab3'lon and other ancient cities. 
They manufactured tlieir pijics from .sheet lead cut in strips of the required uidtli, so that 
when folded over and the edges united by solder a tube of the required diameter was completed. 
The pipes were made up in lengths of ten feet, and in a variety of bore from one to twelve 
inches, the thickness of the sheets varying in accordance with the diameter of the pip^" 

Coming down to a later date, we find the jilumber at his trade in England in the fourteenth 
century, where his sphere of usefulness had become considerably enlarged; and we learn that 
he extended his operations to the covering of roofs with sheet lead, and making tlie gutters, 
and conductors for carrying off the rain water. He also made cofHns, and various other things 
that could be fashioned from lead. ]S'o doubt the jilumber of those early days was quite as 
important a tradesman as he is to-day, but he was under altogether different conditions, as 
there was at that time no legislation regulating his work, although it was the plumbers 
themselves that first took up the matter of legislation affecting their trade. In the year 1365, 
the I'lumbers of London secured the passage of the following statute, for '■ trade protection," 
as a result of a loss of conhdence in the individual honest}' of the members of the Guild to 
which they belonged : 

"May it please the honoralile men and wise, the Mayor, Recorder and Aldermen of 
London, to grant unto the plumbers of the said city the pioints that here follow : 

"Li the first place, that no one of the trade of plumbers shall meddle witli the works 
touching such trade within tlie said city or take house or apprentice or other workmen in 
the same if he be not free of the city, and that by assent of the b;'st and most skilled men 
in the said trade testifying that he knows how well and lawfully to work, and to do his work 
that so the trade may not be scandalized or the Commonaltj- damaged and deceived by those 
who do not know their trade. Also, that no one of the said trade shall take an apprentice 
for less than seven years, and that he shall have him enrolled within the first year, and at the 
end of his term shall make him take up his freedom according to the usage of the said city. 

" Also, that everyone of the trade shall do his work well and lawfully, and shall use lawful 
weights as well in selling as in buying without any deceit or evil intent against anyone, and 
that for working a chjve of lead for gutters or for roofs of houses he shall take onlv one 



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lialfi>eniiyT and for working a clove for furnaces, titjijjetroijhcs, belfries and conduit pipes one 
penny, and for the waste of a wey of lead when newly molten he shall have an allowance of 
two cloves as has been the usage heretofore. 

" Also, that no one for singular profit shall engross lead coming to the same city for sale to 
the damage of the Commonalty, Imt that all persons of this said trade as well poor or rich as 
may wish shall be jjartners tlierein at their desire. And that no one liiiuself or by another 
shall buy old lead that is on sale or shall be within the said city or without to sell it again to 
the folks of the said trade and enhance the price of lead to the damage of all the Commonalty. 
"Also that no one of the said trade sliall buy stri])pt'd lead of the assistants to tilers, 
'laggers' or masons or of women who cannot find warranty for the same. And if any shall 
do so himself or by Ins servants, or if anyone be found stealing lead, tin or nails in the place 
wliere he works he shall be ousted from the said trade forever at tlie will and ordinance of the 
gooil folks of such trade. 

" Also, that no one of the said trade shall oust another from his work undertaken or begun 
or shall take away his customers or his employers to his damage by enticement through 
carpenters, masons, tilers or other persons, as he would answer for damage so inflicted by good 
consideration of the masters of the trade. 

" And if anyone shall b.' found guilty under anyone of the articles aforesaid let him pay 
to the Chamber of Guildhall in London for the first offense forty pence, for the second half a 
mark, for the third twenty shillings and for the fourth ten pounds or else forswear the trade." 

So far as can be learned this statute still stands, there being no record of its repeal. 

This was, as near as can be learned, the beginning of i)lumbing legislation. 

It appears from the records relating to the introduction of water pipes for dwelling houses 
and other buildings, that these were at first '• no larger than a goose quill "' and the plumbers 
business in this line was rather limited. But as the demand increased and the water supply 
was made more plentiful and certain by the use of metal mains, his business increased. 

The history of the sanitation and sanitary legislation in America dates back to a verj- early 
jieriod in the settlement of the country, but there was not much of interest recorded until the 
middle of the eighteenth century, at which time we find several of the larger cities building 
water works and arranging for a supply for general use; and this, of course, opened up the 
business for the plumbers, and their trade began to assume considerable importance in connec- 
tion with the building up of the cities. 

As the laws relating to the plumbing trade are printed in connection with the building laws, 
we will not repeat them here. The plumbers of Boston are among the best in country, and the 
nullity of work dons speaks well for their skill and ability, as well as for the careful regard 
thev have for the laws regulating the trade. Following is a list of the plumbers of the city: 



Adcock, John H.. 40 LaGrange. 
Anderson & Johnson, 144 Kicliniond. 
Arkinson, W. F., & Co., .51 Buckingham. 
Baker, W. F., & Co., 42 Piirk, Chsn. 
Baldwin, Charles E., 35 Clarendon. 
Barnctt, B.,91 Leverett. 



Barrett, John K.. l.'ll Federal. 
Barry, Joseph W., 1 Park, Chsn. 
Bartlett, F. S., & Co., 5 Bennington. 
Bassnett, John, 42 Bow. 
Bates, B. G., 1(53 Veinon. 
Bollington, F. A., 19 G. 



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Tbe 

Huptipgtop. 

^opI<?y Square, 

AMD 

|ia9(:i9(§l:09 f\\j<^., 

BOSTON, MASS. 

Cbz^rlej A. Jones. 

ome parties who appreciate 
our " THERHOSTAT " 



TTS^lT) IX-T 0"CrEl 



Automatic Fire-Alarm System. 

United States Navy. 
Governor Morton of New York. 
Pullman Palace Car Co. 
Lawrence, Mass., Board of Trade. 
Johnson & Howe Lumber Co. 
James Walker & Co. Lumber Co. 
Vanceboro Mfg. Co., Novelty Mill. 
J. P. Parkhurst & Son, Trunk Mfg. 
Trowbridge Piano Mfg. Co. 
Mason Stable Co., Lint. 
Jackson & Currie, Harness Mfg. 
J. P. Hurd, Tack Mfg. 

For Particulaks Address, 

ELECTRIC HEAT ALARM CO, 

145 High Street, 

BOSTON, - - - MASS. 



D. Washburn & Sons, 



Manufacturers and Dealers in 



^-^CE # 



COMMON BRICKS. 

OFFICE: 

No. 166 Devonshire St. 

BOSTON. 



EVERETT, MASS. 



, A, LAWRENCE, 



(^'arpepter ar^d Bdilder, 



Jobbing Promptly Attended To. 



WIRE DOORS and WINDOW SCREENS 



MADE TO ORDER. 



26 VERNON ST., 



ROXIJURY, 



31ASS. 



328 



A HALF CKNTURV OF BOSTON'S BUILDIXO. 



Boston Phimbiiig Co., 217 Franklin. 

Boswortli & Freni-li, 7 Ap[)leton. 

Bowen & "Wliali-n, 1578 Tremont. 

Boyce. Willinm J., 20.38 Washington. 

Boyd, J. S., 170 Centre. 

Boyd, K. E., 1S82 D(n-cliester av. 

Boyd, Wni., 119S Harrison av. 

Boydeii, L. E., IS Brattle sq. 

Bramhall & Co., 10 Blue Hill av. 

Branch, George W.. 20 Union. 

Bray, Charles A., lo;") Eliot. 

Brown, Joseph, & Co., 7 Burroughs, J. V. 

Brown, Eobert F., 18 Cambrin. 

Brown, S. C, & Co. Centre, W. B. 

Browning, James, & Co., 202 Bunker Hill. 

Buckle\% Daniel, 480 W. Broadway 

Buerkel & Co., 28 Union I'ark st. 

Barns, Eichard W., 104 W. Cedar. 

Callahan, E. F., 12.i Decatur. 

Callahan, J., 78 Dover. 

Cantwell, M., 71 Pitts. 

Capper, T. H., & Hon, 122 Mt. Vernon. 

Carey, Tljonias, 1160 Tremont. 

Carley, P. F., 16 Huntington av. 

Carruthers, H., & Co., ~> Henry, 

Center, G. W., 290 E. Eighth. 

Clark, J. J., 171 Charlestown. 

Cleaves, Stephen A., rear O.'H Washingtrin. 

Dor. 
Clegg, Sanuud, 1(1 Eist. 
Cluney, James C, 6 Union Park st. 
Cobb, F. E., Eiver, cor. Oakland, Mat. 
Cobleigh, B. F., Jr., Brandon, corner P>irch, 

Eos. 
Collins, D. H., 232 Connuercial. 
Collins, :\r. & H. H.. 121 Dudley. 
Collins, jr. W.,20 Tufts. Chsn. 
Conlon, John P., & Co., 3 Stoddard. 
Connor, James, 89 West Concord. 
Coojier. Jolm. 144 Harrison av., residence 11 

Mills, Eox. 
Cosden, John W.. & Co., 293 Hanover and 

246 Massacliusetts av. 



Costa Bros., 40 Warren, Eox. 
Craig & Conley, 115 Purchase. 
Crawford, John, 41 Howard. 
Crawford & Young, 321 Warren, Eox. 
Cionin, D. S., 2132 Washington. 
Cronin, C. H., 85 Charles. 
Crosby, M. D., 172 Pynchon. 
Crowley, Jas. J., 88 Boylston, J. P. 
Crowley, Timothy, 333 North. 
Crozier, I. W., 30 West Canton. 
Cummings, Jas., 1101 Dorchester av. 
Cunningham, L., 570 Shawmnt av. 
Darlow, George W., 2 Sheiiard, Br. 
Dean Bros., Whitfield. 
Delany, J. S., 6i Staniford. 
Densmore, C. B., 300 Codraan. 
Denvir, E. F., rear 15 Main. 
Devlin, Thomas, 392 Commercial. 
Doherty, John A., 862 Dorchester av. 
Donlan, John P., under Hotel Berkeley. 
Donnelly & McCart, 467 Main. 
Dooley. Thomas F., 49 Eiver. 
Dorsey, Bernard, Neponset av., near Minot. 
Driscoll, C. F., & Co., 100 Essex. 
Drury, Thomas J., & Co., 60 Endicott. 
Duggan, Edward, Linden Park st. 
Duggan, P. J., 288 Harrison av. 
Duggan, Thomas H., 141 Dartmouth. 
Dwyer, J. F., 114 Market, Br. 
Dwyer, William, 82 Chardon. 
Edgarton, John, 187i Centre. 
Fallon, Joseph M., 734 Centre, J. P. 
'Parrell. M. F., 188 Sumner, E. B. 
Finkelstein, C. J., & C<i., 48 Cross. 
Finntran, W. F., 15 Hyde Park av. 
Finnerty, Daniel G., 478 Boylston and 25 

Cliai'les. 
Fitzgerald, D. J., 2731 Washington. 
Fitzpatri(di, W. J., 32 Pemberton sq. 
Fl\ nn. Eugene, 230 Harrison av. 
Fratus ]>ros., 18 X. Centre. 
Gaddis, L., 78 Harrison av. 
Gallagher, Thomas S., & Co., 22 Travers. 



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G. H. Cutting. 
E. J. Bardwell. 



B.C. Fisk. 
W. \V. Carter. 



Cutting, Bardwell & Co. 

Buildipg * * 
Copstructioa 

Worcester, Mass. 



Boston Address : 
166 DEVONSHIRE ST. 

Master Builders' Association. 



Office, 
II Foster St. 



Incorporated under the Laws of Massachusetts. 



O. S. Kendall, 

Vice-President. 



Telephone No. 3956. 



Turners Falls Brick Company, 



MANUFACTURERS OF 



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President. 

Geo. L. Allen, Treasurer. Henrv E. Smith, Secretary. 

R. D. Kimball, Manager. 

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330 



A HALF CE.VTUKY OF BOSTON S BUILDING. 



Gay, C. M., 06 Warien, Rox. 
Geai'ty & Smaling, L'5 Pitts. 
Gibson, L. i;., cS; Sou 1 158 Wash., L. M. 
Godfrey & Thomas, 7(59 Centre. 
Goldstein, Josepli, 7 Kooliester. 
Granara, Andrew, 149 Xorth. 
Grant, John B., 3 Wheeler. 
Greenleaf. William H., 17 Charles. 
Griffith, W. H., & Co., 97 Cuniliridge. 
Gunning, M., 10 Bennet. 
Handy, L. S.,C>m :\lain. 
Hauna, W. J., & Son, 709 Boylston. 
Harold, Michael, 20 LaGrange. 
Hartiiett. Florence J., 3 Shawmut. 
Hartnett, John. 126 London, E. B. 
Hawthorne & Co., 65 Federal. 
Hayes, James H., 793 Tremont. 
Hayes & Mulvee, 626 Dudley, 
Henderson, J. B,, 131 Chelsea, Chsn. 
Hersum, Arthur L., 27 Province. 
Hoifecker, A., 107 Clinton, Rox. 
Horgan, D. A., 187 Warren, Rox. 
Houghton, J. Y.. & Sou, 99 Green, J. 1', 
Howe, H. A., 226 E. Eighth. 
Hoyt, F. J., Standish. 
Hurley, P. G., 121 Pyuchon. 
Hussey, Henry, & Co., 71 Kingston. 
Johuson, Wm. A., 77 Dover. 
Johnson, Wm. B., 17 Maiden. 
Johnston, T. E., 142 Dorchester av. 
Jones, James G., 4 Scltool, Chsn. 
Keane, M. J., 514 Tremont. 
Kearney, il. 0., 4 Blossom. 
Kelleher & Gardner, 347i Shawmnt av. 
Kelle}', John J., 4 Washington, Dor. 
Kelley, J. 1'., 10 Roxbury. 
Kelly, Edward C, 195 Centre. 
Kelly, Johu C, 1246 Tremont. 
Kelly, M. T., 30 Prince. 
Kenney, John J., 15 Lauriat av. 
Kenrick Bros., 166 Devonsliire. 
Keyes, W. F.. 1156 Harrison av. 
Kiernan, T. J., 64 ^leridiau. 



Killian, Johu H., 95 Eustis. 

King, Chas., & Co., 152 Sumner, E. B. 

Kinnaly, Daniel J., 12() Emerson. 

LaChapelle, A. P., 289 Causeway, 

Leishman, A., 40 Pleasant. 

Lenuon, James P., 692 Parker. 

Lewis, D. J., 22 Marshall. 

Loudon Bros., 36 Province. 

Lovett, T. F., 192 Shawmnt av. 

Lowelh R. SL. 36 Brattle. 

Lnmb, William, & Co., 1 Province ct. and 16 

Province st. 
Lutted, T. & W., 154 F. 
Lyons, John H., 312 Adams, Dor. 
Madden, T. F., 509 Dudley, 
IMahan, Charles, 84 Water. 
.Maloney, R. H., 212 Dover. 
Manning, John, 342 Shawmut av. 
^Mansfield, C. J., 1114 Washington. 
McAllister, W. J., 202 Pleasant. 
McCarthy, D. J., 50 Dearborn. 
^IcCanley, E. J., 309 Chelsea, E. B. 
jMeCoole, Jidin C, 60 Park sq. 
McDonald, Jas. A., 53 Maverick sq. 
McDonald, Thomas H., 1644 Washington. 
McGouigle, H. J., 173 Endicott. 
McGonigle, W. F., 9 Staniford. 
McKeuna, William X., & Co., 60 Anderson. 
Mc\'arish & Hennigan, 88 Main. 
Mendelzwig, I., 19 S. Margin. 
Jlillner, James N., 6 Chestnut Hill av. 
]\Iills, Wm., & Co., 235 Washington. 
Mitchell, Frank, 191 Endicott. 
Moore, Edward, & Co., 18 Causeway. 
Mulkern, M. J., 14 Devonshire. 
Mungovan, James G., 65 Albany. 
^Murphy, P. H., 3 Buckingham. 
3Iurtagh, W. J., 7 Clinrch. 
Nelligan, M. W.. 272 E. 
Xettles, Stephen, 707 Tremont. 
Xewton, William, 1387 AVashington. 
Nolan & Bleu, 37 Cambridge. 
Noonaii, D. W.. 216 London. 



ADVEltTlSKMENTS. 331 



New Jersey Steel and Iron Co., 

1G6 DEVONSHIRE STREET, BOSTON. 



WROUGHT IRON AND STEEL BEAMS, CHANNELS, ANGLES, TEES, ZEES, 
HERCHANT IRON, CHAIN, RIVETS, BOLTS, ETC., ETC — 

CONSTRUCTORS OF 

Bridges, Roofs, other Iron il Steel Structures. 

New York Office, 17 Burling Slip; Cooper, Hewitt & Co. 



HETROPOLITAN FIRE=PROOFINQ CO., 

Boston Office, 166 Devonshire Street. 

Reference : COOPER, HEWITT & CO., 17 BURLING SLIP, NEW YORK. 

BARBOUR--STOCKWELL CO., 

Iron Founders i! Machinists 



MANUFACTURERS OF 



Builders' Cast Iron Work of all Descriptions, 



T'^ . i /> u -J i. n» Order Box at 166 Devonshire St.» 

Factory at Carabndgeport, Mass. boston. 

Rooms of riaster Builders' Association. 



Quantities taken off and Estimates furnished from Architects' plans. 



332 



A HALF C'ENTLTRT OF BOSTON S BUII.DIXG. 



O'Bi-ien, G. E., 4 Charle.stown. 

O'Connell, James, 40;') irarket, Br. 

O'Mealey, L. E., 10 West Detlham. 

O'Neil, James, 961 Treinont. 

O'Rourke, Frank, & Co., 397 Chelsea, E. B. 

Payne Bros., 59 Roxbury. 

Pearce, E. J., 181 Cabot. 

Pearce, W. A., & Co., 7 Province ct. 

Perry, J. P., & Co., 123 Devonshire. 

Pierce & Cox, 143 Kingston. 

Politsky, L. W., & Co., 70 Priuce- 

Purrington, G. L., & Co., 5 Bennington. 

Eafferty, Thomas, 177 Blackstone. 

Ray, J. S., 100 Westville. 

Reardou, T. F., 331 Harrison av. 

Reardon, W. B., 384A Warren, Eox. 

Richards, D. H., 2731 Wasliington. 

Richards, Wm. H., 233(> AVashington. 

Riley, E. A., 145 Albany. 

Riley, Jas. H., & Co., 10 Minot, Nep. 

Riley, Peter A., 8 Walnut av. 

Riley & Hill, 85 Joy. 

Roekwood, Albert G., 35i Province. 

Roulston, George E., 1101 Dor. av. 

Roweu Bros., 45 Green, J. P. 

Rnssell, Daniel, 18 Howard. 

Ryan, James F., 12A Cherry. 

Schlicht & McPhail, 679 Saratoga. 

Scigliano, M. P., 119 Richmond. 

Scott, A. J. & A., 6 West Canton. 

Shannon, D.. 98 West Dedhani. 

Sharpp, T. E., 4 Province ct. 

Shea & Smith, 331 Washington, Br. 

Sheridan, W. R., 4, Broad. 

Sheriffs, Wm. E., 70 Broad. 

Slattery, Richard P., & Co., 78 Esses. 



Smith, Charles, 42 Cabot. 

Smith & Forbes, 107 AVest Dedham and 4 

Ivanhoe. 
Snow, Henry H., 163 F. 
Spear, B. P., & Sou, 90 Warren, Chsn. 
Stanley, J. E., 1875 Dorchester av. 
Steele, William, 1 Baker jil., Rox. 
Sullivan & Callahan, 166 Devonshire and 8 

Tyler. 
Tague John J., 7 Bunker Hill. 
Theall, Geo. H., & Co., 778 Tremont. 
Thornton, B. J., 2947 Washington. 
Titus, Frank A., 143 Main. 
Toland, John A., 202 Adams, Dor. 
Tombs, H. W., 717 Tremont. 
Toucliet, Albert E., 1 Byron. 
Towle, L. J., 30 Beach. 
Trainer, Wm., & Co., 3 Park Sq. 
Tucker, Isaac N., 479 Tremont. 
Tucker, J., & Sons, 14 Brattle sq. 
Tully, John K., 1398 Tremont. 
TurnbuU, Frank, Bellevue, near Centre, W. R. 
Tute, Thomas J., 77 Church. 
Vogel, Joseph P., 135 W. Brookline. 
Waitt, W. H., & Co., 18 Zeigler. 
Walters, Isaac J.. & Co., South, opp. Birch, 

Ros. 
Walters, John J., 119 Xorthampton. 
Walters, J. A., & Co., 24 Burroughs, J. P. 
Ward, T. F., 157 Green, J. P. 
Waters, William, Jr., & Co., 104 Sumner, 

E. B. 
Williams, Albert, 486 Dudley. 
Wilson, George A., 73 Essex. 
Wood, William H., 157 Emerson. 
Woods. J. F., 13 Hancock. Dor. 



ADVERTISEMENTS 



333 



Brigham's Hotel, 'Sf" 



FOR TRAVELLING 

.-. AND ■. 

COnnERClAL HEN. 
642 WASHINGTON ST., 

Opposite Boylston St. 

3>To. 2 Herse3r ^lace. 

Off Essex Street. 

BOSTON, MASS. 



BUSH & WILLEY, Proprietors. 



Stephen J. Llppincott, 

PAINTER 

. . . AND . . . 

PAPER ^^ HANGER. 



Interior Decoration in all its Branches. 



OFFICE : 

39 DUNDEE ST., 

BOSTON, MASS. 



New • Marlboro 



4- HOTEL "¥ 



Cor. WA^MINdTON 



and HARVARD ,3X3. 



BOTTOM, 



W. A. YOUNG, Proprietor. 



AVA55. 



S. P. TRAFTON, 

CarpenterandBuilder^ 

store ■^TT'orHs 



A SPECIALTY. 



SHOP: 

No. 33 Hawkins St., 

B05T0r(. 



THE MASTER PLUMBERS ASSOCIATION. 




HE blaster Plumbers' Assoc-iatinn was organized in 1883. The object of the 
association is practically the same as that of the other trade associations, to 
advance the interests of the trade, and bring the different members together for 
mutual benefits. It now includes in its membership most of the recognized 
plumbers of the city and has done a great deal of good to the trade in general. The officers 
of the association are: David Smith, president; Daniel Shannon, treasurer; John W. Cosden, 
financial secretary ; Wm. A. Tucker, recording secretary; E. F. Brown, corresponding secretary. 
Followinsr is a list of members : 



Adcock, John H. 
Anderson, J. W. 
Baldwin, C. E. 
Boyd, J. S. 
Boyd, Eobert E. 
Boyd, William. 
Bramliidl, William. 
Bray, C. A. 
Bronnvich. Clias. l^f. 
Briiwn, Piobert F. 
Buerkel. J. F. 
Cantwell, M. 
Carey, Thomas. 
Carley, P. F. 
Carruthers, Henry. 
Collins, H. H. 
Conlon, J. P. 
Cosden, John W. 
Costa. Joseph E. 
Coughlin. T. J. 
Cobb, F. E. 
Cooper, Jolni. 
Craig, David. 
Cram, A. W. 
Crawford, .Tolm. 
Crawford, James, 
Cronin, C. H. 



Crosby, ^r. D. 
Crowley, J. J. 
Crowley, Timothy. 
Crozirr, I. W. 
Cunningham, L. 
Curtain, A. F. 
Darlow, George W. 
Davliu, M. F. 
Davlin, James F. 
Denvir, E. F. 
Donlon, J. F. 
Drury, Thomas J. 
Dngan. 1'. J. 
Duggan, T. H. 
Dwyer, J. F. 
Dwyer. T. E. 
Fiuneran, Wm. F. 
Finnerty, Daniel G. 
Fitzpatrick, Wm. J. 
Forbes, George C. 
Fratus, Manuel S. 
French, J. Warren. 
French, W. H. 
Gillespie, Jolin Y. 
Gr.inara, Andrew. 
Green, C. A. 
Greenleaf, AVm. H. 



ADVERTISEMENTS. 



335 



J. Q. (^olemai}, 

General ^^ Contractor. 

/^LU KIND? OF'' 

ROCK EXCAVATION A SPPXIALTY. 

Roxbury Building Stone for Sale ; 

LEDGE AT PARKER HILL. 

TeajonirLg- of sill l^ixid-S. 

Hoisting Engines, ttq 

Steam Derricks and 

Steam Drills LET. 

Estimates given on all Public Works. 



Residence: 



Corner Coiumbus Avenue and Ritchie 
Street, 

ROXBURY, MASS. 



j. varnerin, 
5tomeA\a5on 



OFFICE ; 



43 Warren Street, 



RESIDENCE : 



285 NORFOLK AVE., 



ROXBURY, 



MASS. 



r 



^ 



W. A. MASON & SON, 

CIVIL ENGINEE[[S A^D SUI[YEYORS, 

SnitVETOES OF MECHANICS' WOES. 

631 Massachusetts Ave., Central Square, 

CAMBRIDGEPORT, MASS. 
Residence, Raymond St., Old Cambridge, near the Botanical Garden. 

ESTABLISHED A. D., 1839. 

Information of value to every property owner. 

We liave saveil the original notes and plans of all 
Surveys by us since 1839, also, a vast collection of copies 
and other information, from which we are prepared to re- 
establish old boundaries as well as new ones. 
\. A nythittg in our line frontftly and acc-wately attended lo. ^ 




336 



A HALF CENTURV OF BOSTON S BUILDING. 



Griffith, ^\m. H. 
Hartnett, T. J. 
Hatch, H. X. 
Hayes, J. H. 
Hayes, Patrick W. 
Hoffecker, A. 
Hooper, Forrest. 
Horgaii, D. A. 
Hoyt, F. J. 
Hurley, David F. 
Johnson, F. 0. 
Johnson, W. A. 
Jolmson, W. B. 
Johnston. T. E. 
Keane, M. J. 
Kelly, Edward C. 
Kelly, J. C. 
Kelly, M. F. 
Kelley, J. J. 
Kelley, J. P. 
Kenrick, A. E. 
Kenrick. ^I. F. 
Kinnaly, D. J. 
Knowles, Alfred H. 
Killian. .Tohn H. 
Keyes, Win. F. 
LaChappelle, A. P. 
Lewis. 1). J. 
Linnehan, C. J. 
London, A. 
Luiuli, ^Yillianl. 
]\Ianstiehl, V. J. 
Martin, Thomas F. 
McCoole, John (_'. 
iMcDoiiald. T. n. 
MeKeima, W. N. 
McLan;j:hlin, J. V. 
Meech, J. H. 
Mills. Edwin. 
Mifcdiell. Will. H. 
Moore, Edward. 
Mulvey, James J. 
Nettles. S. 



O'Connell, James. 
O'Mealley, L. E. 
O'Neill, James. 
Pearce, W. A. 
Perry, James P. 
Pierce, F. H. 
Poole, J. G. 
Eafferty, Thomas. 
Phodes, J. 
Eicliards, Wm. H. 
Riley, Isaac. 
Eussell, D. 
Shannon, Daniel. 
Sliarpe, Thomas E. 
Slmttuek, E. W. 
Shamiessay, J. C. 
.Shea, Artliur. 
Sheriffs, Win. E. 
Smith, David. 
Smith, Hubert T. 
Stanley, John. 
Steele, Wm. 
Tailored, James P. 
'J'lieall, (ieorge H. 
Thompson. George E. 
Tieniey, J. J. 
Titus, Frank A. 
Tombs, Henry W. 
Touehet. Albert E. 
Tucker, Isaac N. 
Tucker, James. 
Tucker, J. C. M. 
Tucker, Nathl W. 
Tucker, Wm. A. 
Tulh', Jolm K. 
Tute, Thomas J. 
Vogel, J. P. 
Whalen, Michael J. 
Wilkinsdu, W. J. 
Williams. A. 
Wilson, Gi'orge. 
Winn. P. H. 
Woods, Jas. T. 
Young, J. H. 

H0X0l:.4KV .AIEMBEES. 

Daeey, James F. 
Locke, AV. S. 
Train or, Win. 



ADVERTISEMENTS. 



337 



THOMAS J. THORN, 



^zirpepter _ 



^ 



B^Jl^er, 



107 West Cottage Street, 



ROXBURY, 



MASS. 



A. H. HOYT & CO., 

Manufacturers of 

Hydraulic, Electric, Belt, Carriage, 
Sidewalk and Hand-Power 

Elevators. 

'i[ APARTMENT LIFTS 

AND 

DUMB WAITERS. 

Special facilities for furnishing 

^^ Fire-Proof Doors, Shutters, Iron 
Wp3^==f 1 1 !, Door Frames and Well Ways. 

Immediate attention given to orders for 

Inspection and Elevator Repairing. 

i39 Pearl St, Boston. 




J. B. HOLLAND, 

CARPENTER. 

Store and Office Fitting a Specialty. 
ALL KINDS OF JOBBING. 

2722 Washington Street, 

BOSTON, ... - MASS. 



CHAS. COOPER, 

FURNACES and RANGES REPAIRED. 

O-TiJ^T^S, X^iaTIITG-S, etc. 

G MAIN STREET, Churlestown Dist., 
Boston, Mass. 

MANUs Mclaughlin, 

Carpenter and Builder. 



~x 



Shop, rear 20 BLUE HILL AVE., 

Entrance off Dudley St., ripp. Woodward Avenue. 

Residence, No. 3 BROOK PLACE, 
Boston Highlands. 

N. B. — Jobbing of all kinds promptly attended to. 

T. J. COUQHLIN, 

IlKAI.KR IN 

Stoves, Ranges Kiti^of Stove Repairs, 

Sanitary Plumbing and Jobbing in all Its Branches. 

Tin, Crocliery, Wooden, Granite, Iron & Agate Ware. 
107 WEST BROADWAY, 

Between B & C Streets, 

SOUTH BOSTON, - . MASS. 



BOSTON ARCHITECTS AND ARCHITECTURE. 




FIILE the Boston of to-day is one of the, most beautiful cities in the world from an 
architectural point of view, display ing, as it do -s, many ol the most perfect examples 
of tlie art, the Boston of twocenturi s age cuntuined bvxt little to attract the eye in 
the design and constrnction of the bnildiiigs wliicli gave little else than the merest 
shelter to their owners and their families. It is nnh. tlier fnre, liecause of their elaborate de- 
sign or outwardly attractive apjiearance that we are inten sted in those early hoiises and other 
buildings ; but because of the associations that cluster about tliem, and for the part they played 
in the early history of the country. The early pioneers — tliose noble, heroic, and self-sacritic- 
iug men and women, who by their own self-denial, their love ol liberty, and their devotion to a 
grand and noble purjjose, laid the foundation for the great metropolis which has since been built — 
had but little use for the services of a skilled architect in the designing and construction of the 
rude log lionses wliich at first served as a shelter for themselves and their families. They, 
however, served the immediate necessity, and within these humble dwellings was bred and 
fostered tliat spirit of loyalty and patriotism which, in the eventful years that followed, gave 
to this country the freedom and liberty which characterizes it among the nations of the world 
as at once the most j^rogressive and patriotic — the "land of the free and the home of the 
brave." But the same spirit which at first prompted the early settlers to deeds of self-denial 
and self-sacrifice, prompted them to the development of more elaborate conveniences and 
comforts as they saw the fruits of their labor increasing and the means for supjilying their 
wants more abundant. Even then, there was no display of extravagant outward show. It was 
to escape tins, and its accompanying evils, that they had left their mother country, where they 
had learned to look upon it as the blazonry of "low ambition and the pride of kings." 

We learn from the few illustrations which have preserved for us the general appearance of 
the first houses erected in Boston, that they were of a single story in height, built of logs and 
with low thatched roofs, the most primitive construction of civilized men. But they were the 
homes of a noble race. The next type of building was a frame structure with a rude chimney 
of logs, plastered with mu<l nr flay. But as the town grew and the number of houses increased 
there axose a danger from this class of buildings, which in time became so serious as to call for 
a "revolution'' in the stjde of the building, as well as in the material used in portions of its 
construction. The wooden chimney was succeeded by one of brick or tile, and a less tinder- 
like material was substituted for thatch in the roof. Then, as the number of families increased, 
as well as the number which each family contained, making additional room and more accom- 
modations necessary, the style of building was again changed, and we find the house witli two 
stories, with the backward slope of the roof carried down to within eight or ten feet of the ground. 
Of this style of building there are still standing several well-preserved specimens. The next 
step, with a view to increased roominess without additional area being covered, was in the 



ADVEKTISEMENTS. 



339 



GEORGE E. McPHAIL, 

Carpenter and Jobbing. 

SAWS FILED, KEYS FITTED. 

Furniture Repaired. 

nSTo. 1^ ^-.^XjiyEEIS ST., 

Cambridge, Mass. 



Thomas Callaghan, 

Plasterer i Whitener ^ and ^ Colorer. 

HUNNEMAN STREET, 

Near Albany St., 

Residence, 2 DESMOND STREET, 
Roxbury, .... Mass. 

WILLIAM SCULLION, 

Carpenter 

AND 

Builder— 

No. 30 Winslow Street, 

ROXBURY. 



C. C. CHAPMAN, 



HEALER IN 



M. D. CROSBY, 

-^ PLUMBER*^ 

101 PYNCHON ST. 

Estimates Furnished. 
Jobbing promptly attended to. 



Stoue$, purr^ac^es apd l^ar}(^e5, 

Britannia, Tin, Iron and Wooden Ware. 

Iron Sinl^s, Lead Pipe and Water Fixtures, Furnaces, 

Ranges, Stoves and Water Works of all kinds. 

Set and Repaired at short notice. 

SOUTH BOSTON. 

Plumbing and Jobbing ot all kinds promptly .attended to. 



COSTA BROS., 

Plumbing and Tinsmithing, 

No. 40 Warren St., Roxbury, Mass. 

Prompt Attention given to Jobbing. 

Furnaces and Ranges, and all kinds of Tinware. 
Refrigerators and C)il Stoves. 

Repairing Smoky Chimneys a Specialty. 

Agents for Lehigh Furnace. 



JOSEPH BROWN, 

PLUMBING 

Ventilation and Gas Fitting, 

7 BUKROUGHS STREET. 



Residence, 92 SEAVERNS AVE., 

JAMAICA PLAIN, MASS. 

PlumberZ^Gas Fitter, 

DRAINAGE, VENTILATION. 

JOBBING PROMPTLY ATTENDED TO. 

Estimates S-i-^en. 
1867 Dorchester Ave., Near Ashmom Depot, 

Dorchester, Mass. 



340 A IIAI.F CEXTURY OF BOSTOX's BUILDING. 

ailiiption of the gamln-el roof. In all of these there was little architectural skill displayed. 
The framework was square and plain, without ornanientation or individuality. 

Gradually, however, as the puritanical sjjirit of the fir.st settlers began to wear away and 
the wealth of the colony increased, it was but natural that there should begin to be shown a 
more lavish display of that wealth, and we find that it took shape in the form of "stately 
residences and elegant public building.s,"' in the design of which "the architects of the day 
displayed considerable taste and skill." 

It was not, however, until after the close of the Eevolution, that the architecture which has 
since been displayed began to be developed in a jirofcssional sense. The troublesome times 
which immediately preceded the breaking out of the war that resulted so triumphantly for the 
colonists, had a paralyzing effect upon business generally, and for a time very little was done 
in the way of building. ]iut the close of the war marked a new era in the growth of the town, 
as well as in the style and construction of buildings. 

The real history of the architecture and architects of Boston begins with the return of 
prosperity wliich followed the successful issues of the war toward the close of the last century, 
and it was at this time that the pioneer of the profession in Boston first began to practice the 
art, which, for more than forty years, he followed with gratifying results, leaving, as lasting 
monuments to his masterly skill and artistic eye, many solid and substantial buildings that are 
still pointed to with pride, as among the best exampjles of modern architecture. 

Charles Bultiuch, the first iirofessional architect in New England, was born in Biiston in 
176.'?, and was a graduate from Cambridge college in 1781. That he was "born to the art "' is 
manifest in the develojmient of his life's work and its results. After leaving college he 
entered a counting-room, where, owing to the depressed condition of business, lie found much 
leisure time, which he devoted to the study of such works on architecture as the times afforded. 
At the age of twenty-one he had become so thoroughly interested in his favorite subject that 
he went to Europe, where he traveled for a year or two, returning " with his career quite 
clearly determined in his own mind." That he made a wise choice no one will doubt who 
sees the result in the Htate House on Beacon Hill, the Massachusetts General Hospital, 
University Hall at Cambridge, the Insane Hospital at South Boston, the State House at 
Augusta, iNIaini', and, last but not least, the Capitol at "Washington, beside a score of other 
buildings, that have been destroyed by tire or removed to make room for other and larger 
ones. He was eighty years of age at his death in 1844. In the "' Memorial History of 
Boston." Charles A. Cummings pays Mr. Bultinch the following well-deserved tribute : " The 
first professional architect of Boston, holding his mode.st way through a long life without the 
stimulus of competition or the encouragement of good-fellowship; without the resources of 
technical training or the equipment of illustrated examples of every style now ready to the 
hand of every beginner, — his name is in the highest degree worthy of remembrance and 
honor by the jimfession which has followed him and liy the community in wliiidi he lived so 
long." 

As a result of the work of Mr. Bulfinch, the demand for a professional designer, when new 
buildings were to be constructed, opened up a new field for professional work, and this 
demand increased as the town grew and the number and importance of the buildings 
progressed. <.)t those who caiUH to occupy this field there are many who share with Mr. 




TlIK i;I;AM> IKlTKL, CdHMlil S AVF.Nl'K. 



^^m^^ ^^^^'M^^ 



^ 




UXiXKl) STAIES IIOIKI.. liKAi. 11 SXlJliET, 



ADVERTISEMENTS. 



341 



C. H. DODGE, 

Coptraictor 

zvod Builder, 

OFFICES : 

166 DEVONSHIRE ST., Box 59, 
23 COMMON STREET, 

BOSTON, MASS. 

TELEPHONE 1001 TREMONT. 



John Hancock Life Insurance Co. Building-, 
Devonsliire St., Boston, Stone Worlt and 
Masonry built by C. H. Dodge. 



Anthony J. McDougall, 

Carpenter and Bailder, 

RESIDENCE : 

69 MIDDLE STREET, 

SOUTH BOSTON. 



THOMAS F. KEARNEY, 
Builder, 

312 Washington Street, 

DORCHESTER, MASS. 



PARKER A PAGE. 

Dealers in 

HARDWOOD # LUMBER, 

Agents for Forman & Curtis' Perfect Maple Flooring. 

30 & 32 LANCASTER STREET, 

Yard, First Street, East Cambridge. 

rriis^Kri-te: Boston. Mass. 



Campbell & Hurley, 

Carpenters and Builders, 

209 Essex Street, 

BOSTON. 

Store and Office Work of all kinds. 

Jobbing promptly attended to. 



J. T. CROFT A CO., 

Blacksmiths and Machinists, 

IRON WORK for BUILDINGS. 

Wrought and Cast Iron Fences, Crestings, Fire 

Escapes, Stable Work, Window Guards, 

Sash Bars, Bolts, Hangers, etc. 

HYATT LIGHTS MADE TO ORDER. 



47 BRISTOL STREET, 



BOSTON. 



Jobbing- of all kinds promptly attended to. 

J. COOPER, 
Practical # Plumber, 

NO. 144 HARRISON AVE., 

Formerly at 12S Harrison Ave., 

BOSTON. 



Sa.13.lt3.r37- ''77'orlE a. SpecLa.lt37-. 



342 A HALF CENTUKY OF BOSTOn's BUILUIXC. 

Bulfincli tlie honor of being among tlie designers of some of the most artistic and elaborate 
strnctnres ever erected, and like him they have left their impress on the architecture of the 
city. 

One of the first to follow in the long procession of professional arcdiitects, who have done 
their share in the great work of building up the city, was the son of a Petersham (Mass.) 
carpenter, Solomon Willard. Mr. Willard was a natural mechanic. He was a good scholar, and 
long before he became famous as an architect he had gained distinction as a carver in wood and 
stone, being his own instructor. Among the productions of this nature which gained him a 
rejnitation which still lasts, are the Ionic capitals of St. Paul's, one of the oldest churches in 
the city ; the wooden capitals of the Park Street Church steeple, and the marble panels 
in the front of what is now the Somerset Club building. Beside these, he made a model 
of the Capitol at Washington and models of the famous old Parthenons at Athens and Kome. 
At one time he gave lessons in designing, and later established himself as an architect. 
Among the more prominent structures for which he furnished the designs are Bunker Hill 
Monument, the old United States bank building, the old County Court House, and St. Paul's 
Church. 

A contemporary and co-laborer of Mr. Willard's was Alexander Parris, who it appears had 
practiced his profession in other places previous to his coming to Boston in 1815. Mr. Parris 
combined the art of engineer with that of an architect, and the results of his work are about 
equally divided between the two professions. In connection with Mr. Willard he built St. 
Paul's. He was also builder of Quincy Market, the Marine Hospital at Chelsea, the Arsenal 
at Watertown, and many others. As an engineer he was for many years the constructing 
engineer, under the United States government, at the Charlestown navy yard. 

Another of the old-time architects, more noted for the books which he wrote upon the- 
subject tliau for anything in the actual ])ractiee of his profession, was Mr. Asher Benjamin. 
In this respect he gained both fame and fortune, as many of his books, — notably "The 
American Builder's Companion ; the five orders of Architecture, with great alteration both 
in size and expense, etc.,'" the "Kudiments of Architecture,'' the "Practice of Architecture," 
the "Builder's Guide," and the "Architect; or Practical House Carpenter," — ran through 
several editions, and are still consulted. 

The architect of the Tremont House, the Mechanics' Exchange, and a number of other 
less important buildings in the centre of the city, was Isaiah Rogers. 

Most of the work of the architects above mentioned was executed in the Greek style of 
architecture and covers a time of which Mr. Cummings, in the "Memorial History of Boston," 
says, " It will be observed that this was the age in Boston of a sort of Greek revival, when not 
only churches like St. I'aul's and jmblic buildings like the Court House, the Bank, and the 
Tremont House, but even dwelling-houses must be fitted out with a portico of columns in the 
severest cast of Doric. Often, as in the case of the Court House, this was the only attempt at 
architecture in the whole building; often, as in the ease of innumerable suburban houses, the 
great wooden columns, three or four feet in diameter, were backed by a front wall pierced by 
three stories of parlor and bed-room windows. Perhaps no absurdity of fashion in architecture 
was ever more prepostei'ous than this." 

Following this rather too free display of the gloomy Greek style of design came the 



ADVERTISEMENTS. 



343 



Est&blish9<l 1879. 



Telephone 2420. 



M. J. MULKERN, 

Plurpbipg Zipd . . 
.■*-- Q^,s Fittipg. 

SANITARY ENGINEERING. 

No. 14 Devonshire Street, 
Boston, Mass. 



Residence, No. 4 Houghton St., Cambridgeport. 



THOMAS MURRAY, 
Mason and Plasterer, 

Whitewashing, Whitening and 
Tinting. 

No. 11 NEPONSET AVENUE, 



Hyde ParK, 



A\ass. 



T. J. WILLIAHS, 



Plumber & Sanitary Engineer, 



DEAI.KK IN 



ORDER BOX, 98 FAIRMOUNT AVE. 



FINE PLUMBING MATERIALS and 
LATEST SANITARY SPECIALTIES. 

Office, 31 Ccmptcn St., 

(Formerly Chapman Street,) 

BOSTON , MASS. 

H.J. EKLUND, 

Mason . and . Builder, 

ALSO, REAL ESTATE. 

Corner Lanriat Avenue and Tucker Street, 



DORCHESTER, 



MASS. 



344 



A JIALF CEXTURV OF BOSTON S BUILDIXG. 



scarcely less to be desired Gutliic jicriod, the results of which were, as the above quoted 
authority says, " rather more serious than in the case of the Greek revival, inasmuch as then 
the architects could conscientiously go to their books, and insure themselves against any too 
frightful solecisms by following tlie rules and iiroportions there hiid d(jwn. ... In an 
evil hour the fashion caught the suburban builders, and little boxes began to spring up all 
over Roxlmry, Dorchester, and Brookline, in which the wooden skeletons were clothed with 
the most extravagant details into which wood could be tortured."' 

The next marked style to become popular was what is known as tlie "French-roof" style, 
and in some respects this presented advantages which neither of the others offered; viz., that 
of additional room in the upper story. Perhajjs the most stiiking example of this style was 
the old "Deacon House,'' built in 1850 from designs by the noted French architect, M. 
Lemoulner, which was for many years one of the principal features of the neighborhood in 
wliicli it stood, being built on a scale unusual in this ci.iuntry. 

During the last thirty years, no one style has been followed to excess, but there has been 
dispilayed a wide range in the choice of designs and combinations of all. Architecture has 
been made a special study which, aided by the means at hand for observation and research in 
the art, has reached a very high standard of perfection, giving a variety which is a jjleasing 
contrast to the old styles, which presented a degree of sameness that was noticable in whole 
streets, wdiere the houses and buihlings, one after another, were of the same general design 
and jjresented the same monotonous features. 

At the jiresent time there are a great many architects in the city, and among them are 
many with a national reputation for designing. Several years ago the architects of the city 
formed a club known as the l'>oston Architectural Club, its object being the studj' and 
])romotion of architecture and the allied arts and to bring into social relations those interested 
in this object. In this club are included nearly all of the recognized architects of the city, 
and they have a very jjleasant club-room on Tremont Place. The club has done a great deal 
for the development of the art and is in a very flourishing condition. Following is a 



LIST OF ME.MIiEKS. 



Willard r. Adden. 
Chas. H. Alden, Jr. 
Will 8. Aldvich. 
Francis E. Allen. 
i;. D. Andri'ws. 
Walter Atherton. 
H. P. Ball. 
Geo. E. Barton. 
John W. Bemis. 
E. E. I!enton. 
C. H. Black alb 
Dwight Blaney. 
Allan E. Boone. 
Geo. F. Bos worth 



A. H. ISowditcli. 
Samuel J. Brown. 
H. W. C. Browne. 
W. E. Cabot. 
Jos. E. Chandler. 
J. II. Chapman. 
AVilliam Chester Chase. 
Eugene L. Clark. 
Stepjhen Codniau. 
Eobert Coit. 
Ernest L. Coiid(.)n. 
Ed. Percy Dana. 
Alfred L. Darrow. 
Chas. B. Dunham. 



ADVERTISEMENTS. 



345 



R. D. WARD & CO., 



CARPENTERS 



BUILDERS, 

5hop, 161 Pynchon Street, 



NEAR NEW HEATH ST. 



JOBBING PROMPTLY ATTENDED TO. 



Residence, 56 Bromley Park. 



P. O'HEARN, 



.. Builder .. 



1152 MKSHINGTON STREET. 



Dorchester District, 



BOSTON, 



MASS. 



Jobbing Promptly Attended To. 



J. n.& G.F.LANE, 

(Successors to J. H. LANE,) 

Masons and Builders, 



WHITENING, WHITEWASHING, COLORING 
AND PLASTERING. 

Drains Laid & Cellars Ccrneptec] 
Shop, 63i BARTLETT ST., 

Near Norfolk House. BOSTON HIGHLANDS. 
Orders Prorpptly Atter)<l««l to. 



RESIDENCE, 40 ROCKINGHAM PLACE. 



H. W. DRISCOLL, 



Plumber and 






Gas Fitter, 



TEMPLETON STREET, 



DORCHESTER. 



346 



A HALF CENTURY OF BOSTOx's BUILDING. 



F. R. Estes. 
A. G. Evei-ett. 
John L. Faxon. 
Geo. P. Fernald. 
Gurdon E. Fislier. 
J. Sumner Fowler. 
H. S. Frazer. 
Win. J. Freetliy. 
Jos. B. Gay. 
Arthur F. Gray. 
Geo. C. Harding. 
H. C. Hayward. 
Clinton M. Hill. 
Richard Hooker. 
Edward H. Hoyt. 
Franklin H. Hutchiiis. 
George Hunt Ingraham. 
Herbert Jaques. 
I. Howland Jones. 
Jas. F. Kavanaugh. 
Walter H. Kiihain. 
J. S. Lee. 

Charles F. Lippincott. 
Arthur Little. 
Charle.s D. Maginnis. 
Harold Magonigle. 
E. F. Mahe'r. 
Oti.s Dana Mann. 
C. Herbert JlcChire. 
Clarence T. McFarland. 
H. S. McKay. 
Wra. H. McLean. 
Charles S. Mooney. 
Junius H. ]Morse. 
E. A. 1'. aSTewcomb. 
Geo. F. Xewton. 
Geo. Leslie Xidiols. 
Fraid^ E. Norris. 
Wilfred A. Norris. 
W. W. Nortliend. 
H. W. Northey. 
Clarence F. Palmer. 
Charles E. Patch. 



Austin W. Pease. 
H. B. Pennell. 
W. Y. Peters. 
Albert A. Pollard. 
Geo. J. Porter. 
H. T. Pratt. 
W. G. Preston. 
A. N. Pvantoul. 
F. N. Reed. 
W. P. Richards. 
A. G. Richardson. 
H. G. Ripley. 

E. S. Runyau. 

Chas. Winthrop Sawyer. 
Otto P. Schreuder. 
AV. T. Sears. 
L. A. Simon. 
Frank W. Smith. 
Arthur C. Sprague. 
H. ]\L Steplienson. 
Edward F. Stevens. 
Edward B. Stratton. 
R. C. Sturgis. 
Bertrand E. Taylor. 
Wendell P. Thore. 

F. Jos. Untersee. 
Hugh Val lance. 
F. M. Wakefield 
T. F. Walsh. 

H. L. Warren. 

R. A. Watson. 

W. P. Wentworth 

A. Wheelwright. 

Edmund M. Wlieelwright. 

Geo. G. Will. 

E. I. Wilson. 

A. H. Wright. 

E. E. Ziegler. 

ASSOCIATE MEMBERS. 

Francis H. Bacon. 
John C. Baird. 
H. D. Bates. 



ADVERTISEMENTS. 



347 



Michael Swanton, 

CARPENTER 

AND BUILDER. 

Jobbing Promptly Attended to. 

81 . ALBANY . STREET, 
BOSTON. 

WM. J. JEFFERSON, 

Carpenter . and 
Builder, . . 

50 WINSLOW STREET, 
ROXBURY, MASS. 



Jobbing Promptly Attended To. 



D. B. ARMSTRONG & CO., 
PLUAVBERS 

— AND — 

Sanitary Engineers, 

Gas Fitting, Ventilation and Drainage 

A SPECIALTY. 

JOBBING PROMPTLY ATTENDED TO. 

17 Dudley St., Boston, Mass. 



AU work done in first-class manner at reasonable prices. 

<5olli9S 9 I^iet^ards, 

FANCY BRASS, BRONZE, 
IRON AND WIRE WORK. 

129 PORTLAND STREET, 



Boston, Mass. 



J. LiN'COLN Collins. 



Albert H. Richards. 



Telephone, Haymarket 855. 



FRANK B. KELLEY, 

HOUSE, SIGN AND 

Decorative Painter, 

C3•^^..a.I2^TE:I^. ana. <3-x..a.zie:x5. 
Gurney St., Cor. Tremont, Roxhury. 

Residence, 5 SACHEM ST., Parker Hill. 



348 



A HALF C'ENTLTRY OF BOSTON S BUILDIXG. 



C. Dudley Brown. 
F. Elliot Cabot. 
Robert Casson. 
Erviu E. Crook. 
A. B. Cutter. 

Capt. John S. Damrell. 
Geo. B. Dexter. 
Horace C. Dunliaui. 
Alfred C. Eastman.. 
John Evans. 
Louis G. Flagg-. 
Edwin Ford. 
John Frazer. 
Andrew Garbutt. 
Harry F. Gibbs. 

D. A. Gregg. 
AVni. H. Grueby. 
Irving- T. Guild. 

A. Haberstroh. 

B. F. Hurd. 
Geo. W. Keats. 
L. E. Iviiiiball. 
I. Kirc'lnuyer. 
Clias. E. Landerkin. 
Jas. G. Lincoln. 

J. Harry ]\Linn. 
J(.)lin E. Muldoon. 
Herbert W. Munn. 
A. H. Munsell. 
Wm. C. Norris. 
Geo. W. I'crlvins. 
Lewis F. Berry. 
H. J. Bhipps. 
Denman W. Ross. 

E. E. Soderholtz. 
Henry A. Turner. 

C. F. Whittemore. 



AViltsie F. Wolfe. 
Harry J. Wood. 

iioxoKAKV mkmbp;rs. 

Ernest George, 1.8 Maddox St., London, Eng- 
land. 

H. B. Kirby, 85 Broadway, New York. 

J. E. Bennell, Abroad. 

Harold A. Beto, 18 Maddox St., London, 

England. 
Brof. Wm. E. Ware, Columbia College, 

N. Y. 

XON-KESIDENT MEMBi^ES. 

Frank Irving Cooper, Taunton, Mass. 
Stephen A. Drew. Middleboro', Mass. 
Lyman A. Ford. Hotel San Reno, Central 

Brookl^'n, X. Y. 
A. E. Hitchcock, 4()o7 Bowelton Ave., 

Bhiladelphia, Ba. 
Harvey L. Jones, 217 Xo. Charles St., Balti- 
more, Md. 
Wm. G. Kerr, Brovidence, B. I. 
E. R. Kingsbury. Wm. Benu Charter School, 

I'hiladelphia, Ba. 
J. L. ilauran, Chicago, 111. 
Henry H. jNIorgan, Xew London, Ct. 
James H. Raymond, Lewistou, Me. 
Arthur R. Spaulding, Carrere & Hastings, 

Xew York. 
R. C. Spencer, Jr., Care Sliepley, Butan & 

Coolidge, Venetian Bldg,. Chicago. 111. 
G. W. Stone. I(i(t4 Lucas Blace, St. Louis, 

Mo. 
Jaipn-s Van Straaten, Care Fames & Yoiu g. 

304 No. Sth St., St. Louis, Mo. 
W. L. Walker, Care Van Brunt >^- Howe, 

Kansas City, I\fo. 



ADVEKTISEMEXTS. 



349 



OTIS EDDY, 



DEALER IN 



Easterr} ar^d U/(^5t:(^r9 Cunit»<^r, 

NO. 241 FREKPOKT STREET, 

Dorchester District, IJoston. 
P. O. Address, DORCHESTER, MASS. 
Boston Office, i66 DEVONSHIRE STREET. 

A. S. N. ESTES, 
Civil and Hydraulic Engineer. 

special attontitin triTOii to the Develoijinont nf Water Poner. 

Consultations, Examinations, Surveys, Plans, Reports, Esti- 
mates. Designs and Specifications for Water- Works, Sewers, 
Mills, Dams, Roads and Bridges. Landscape Engineering, 
Estates Surveyed, Boundaries Established. Measurements of 
Masonry and Construction Superintended. 

199 WASHINGTON STREET, CoR. COURT, 

Room 503 Sears Building, 

IBOSTOl^T, - . H-^-A-SS. 
Tel. Boston 3,S60. 

Branch Office, Central Block, Newtonville, Mass. 



Donald MacDonald, Agt., 

5TAINEb QLA55 WORKJ, 



400 NORTHAMPTON STREET, 



BOSTON. 



COLEMAN <& MURPHY, 

PLUMBING. 

steam and Gas Fitting. Hot Water Heating:. 

Jobbing of all kinds promptly attended to. 

3 SHAWMUT ST., BOSTON. 

Also ATLANTIC ST., ATLANTIC. 



F. C. CREBER, 

Architect ^n^ Builder, 

98 BLUE HILL AVENUE. 

Shop, 41 Eustis Street, Boston Highbnds. 

Plans and Specifications at Short Notice. 
DAVID P. PAGE, 

Formerly Pack N: Litti.efielh, 

Iptgrlor 

# # Fipisb. 

Mouldings, Stairs, Mantels, 

Bank and Store Fittings, 
507 & 509 MEDFORD STREET, 

Charlestown District. 

Master Builders Ass'n, 166 Devonshire St., Boston. 



Edward F. McKenna, 

Practical Plumber, 

Successor to John Hartnett, 

126 LONDON ST., - EAST BOSTON. 



Estimates Given. Jobbing Promptly Attended to. 

A. F. KINNEY, 

CARPENTER 



AND 



BUILDER, 



138 1-2 DOVER ST., Near Washino-t,,,,, 
BOSTON, - - MASS. 



BOSTON ARCHITECTS. 



Abbott, Geo. E., 53 Tremont, nu. 8. 
Alcock & Mr-Kay, 28 Franklin, Alls. 
Allen, Francis E., 220 Devonsliire. 
Andrews, Jaqnes & Eantoul, 8 Beacon. 
Api)leton, Daniel, 220 Devonshire. 
Atkinson, William, 31 Milk, rni. 24. 
Atuood, H. H., 53 State, rm. G41. 
Austin, Charles D., 309 Washington. 
Avery, Geo. A., 82 Devonsliire. 
Bacon, Willard M., 85 Water, rm. 53. 
Bailey, R. M., 150 Devonshire, rm. 39A. 
Ball & Dabney, 7 Park. 
Bateman, Clias. J., 7 Exchange jjI. 
Beal, C. E., 209 Washington, rm. 36. 
Beal, J. W., 55 Kilby, rra. 48. 
Benton, Edward E., 27 Doane. 
Besariek, J. H., 33 Bedford. 
Besarick, Wm. H., 14 Kilby. 
BigeloTv, H. F., 120 Tremont, rni. G13. 
Binney, Arthur, 181 Tremont. 
Blaokall & Newton, 17 jVIusic HhII bldg. 
Blaikie, E. K. & W. E., 53 State, rm. 1104. 
Bowditch, Arthur H., 85 Devonshire. 
Bowser, A. Merrill, 7 Water, rm. 712. 
Boyden, E. X., 35 Congress, rm. 47. 
liriggs, Luther, 10 Federal. 
Brigham, Cliarles W., 27 ]Mt. Vernon. 
ISrowu, ,J. Merrill. 53 State, rm. 1112. 
lirown, Samuel J., 35 Congress. 
Bryant, G. J. F., 28 State, rm. 45. 
Ihirr & Sise, 1 Beacon. 

Cabot, Everett & Mead, CO Devimshire, rm. 9. 
Cahill, Geo. A., Woolsey blk.. J. P. 
Cai)en, G. Walter. 7 Water, rm. 80G. 
Chandler, J. E., 85 Devon.shire. 
Cliapnian iS; Frazer, 89 State, rm. 105. 



Chase, W. Chester, 304 Boylston. 

Clark, Eugene L., 50 Bromfield. 

Clark. G. F., & Co., 43 Milk (marine). 

Clark, Henry P., 110 Tremont. 

Clark, T. M., 22 Congress. 

Clarke, William E., 28 School. 

Clarke & Crosby, 17 Milk. 

Clough, Geo. A., 53 Tremont, rm. 8. 

Cobb, Albert W., 54 Devonsliire. 

Codman, Stephen E. H., 37 Studio bldg. 

Coit, Robert, 113 Devonsliire. 

Colby, Herbert W., 296 Boylston. 

Columbia Architectural and Building Associa- 
tion, 22 School, rm. 12. 

Copeland, Fred W., 42 Court. 

Cram, Wentworth & Goodhue, 53 State, rm. 
1110. 

Darrow, Alfred L., 113 Devonsliire. 

Dinsiiiore, William W., 28 School. 

Dow, L. A., 85 Devonshire. 

Driver & Dwiglit, 6 Beacon. 

Earp, N. S., 1 Devonshire. 

Eastman, Charles H., 103 Milk. 

Eastman, J. S., 16 Decatur, E. B. 

Eaton, John F., 28 State, rm. 45. 

Emerson, Wm. E., 131 Tremont. 

Evans, William E., South, corner Carolina av., 
J. P. 

Faxon, .John L., 7 Exchange pi. 

Fehmer & I'age, 87 Milk, rm. 46. 

Fernald, Albert C, 186 Devonshire. 

Fisher, Amos B., 625 Washington, Dor. 

Fitzgerald, E. J., 53 State, rm. 641. 

Footman, F. X., 27 School, rm. 49. 

Forbush, Walter R., & Hathaway, Harold W. 
6 Beacon. 



ADVERTISEMENTS. 



351 



Thomas Keylor & Co., 
(^arpepter a^d Builder, 

138 Washington St., 

BRIGHTON. 



P. M. BROWN, 



ROBERT ST., 

ROSLINDALE, • MASS. 

MARTIN J. CURLEY, 
Szirpepter^Builder, 

Mozart Avenue, 

ROSLINDALE. 
JOHN CALLAHAN, 

PluinMng, Gas Fitting & Furnace Work. 

Stoves, Ranges, P'urnaces, Oil Stoves, Copper Boilers, 
and Kitchen Furnishing Goods, 

NO. 78 DOVER STREET, 

Between Washington St. and Shawniut Ave. 



J. P. KELLEY, 

# Plumber and Sanitary Engineer * 

Dealer in Water Closets, Boilers, Baths, Sinks, Etc. 

10 Roxbury St., Boston tiigh lands. 

Estimates made for Work at Short Notice, and 
First-class References Given. 

Jobbing promptly attended to. 



Refrigerators, Stoves, Ranges and Furnaces Cleaned, Lined and 

Repaired. Tin Plate, Sheet Iron, and Copper Work to order. 

All Orders promptly attended to. 



SAMUEL G. BALDREY, 

praetieal l^oofer. 

Residence, OLNEY STREET, 

DORCHESTER. 

Agent for the New England Felt Roofing Works' 
" Bee Hive Brand " Felt, and Composition Roofing. 

Prompt attention given to orders by Mail. 

J. P. CAMPBELL, 

CarpenterMBuilder, 

26 Boylston Street, 

JAMAICA PLAIN. 



G. A. BARRON, 

CONTRACTOR ^-Z BUILDER, 

Plans and Estimates Furnished on Application. 

.Jobbing promptly and neatly done. 

Highland St., Dorchester. 



A HALF CENTURY OF BOSTON S BUILDINC. 



Pord, r. W.. 6r>7 Washington. 

Fowler, .T. C. <i8 ])evonshire, vm. 36. 

Fox, John A., 120 Tveniont, rm. 93. 

Frink, A., 28 State, rni. 59. 

Frost, W. A.. 120 Tremont. 

Gay & Proctor, 12 Pearl. 

Gilbert, P.. L., 59A Ames bklg. 

Goodwin, Wm. F., 5 Tremont, rm. 63. 

Gould, Aaron H., 42 Court. 

Gould, A. Warren, ITS Devonshire. 

Gould, Angell & Swift, 31 Milk. 

Gray, Arthur F., 53 State, rm. 932. 

Greene, Joseph T., 103 Milk. 

Griffin, T., 172 Washington, rm. 16. 

Hall, Henry P., 167 Tremont. 

Hall, John E., 4 Post Office sq., rm. 12. 

Halstrom, C. A., 7 Exchange pi. 

Hartwell & Richardson, 62 Devonshire. 

Hasty, J. A., 68 Devonshire, rm. 37. 

Hurd, W. Frank, 35 Congress, vm. 47. 

Ipsen, L. S., 68 Devonshire. 

Jenney, Alex. S., 3 Hamilton pi. 

Joslin. Arthur W., 32 Buggies. 

Keavns, D. D., 7 Exchange pi. 

Kelley, James T., 57 Mt. Vernon. 

Kelley, Samuel D., 209 AVashington, rm. 61. 

Kendall & Stevens, 8 (.)live)', rm. 19. 

Kiley, John, 331 I'.lue Hill av. 

Kingsbury & Eichardson, 43 West. 

Lafield, J. G., 12 Pearl. 

Lavalle, John, 85 Devonshirr\ 

Lewis. Edwin J.. Jr., 9 Park. 

Lewis, G. Wilton, 6 Beacon. 

Lewis, W. W., 85 Water, rm. 55. 

Little, Browne & Moore, 70 Kilby. 

Littlefield, Walter T., 166 Devonshire, rm. 57. 

Lock wood, Greene & Co., 131 Devonshire. 

Longfellow, Alden & Harlow, 6 Beacon, rm. 

31. 
L(.rd \- Fuller, 19 Exchange pi. 
Lin-ing & Phipi)S, 53 State, rm. 1108. 
Loud, Joseph Prince. 113 Devonshire. 
Lummus, W. W., 48 Congress. 



MacKay & Dunham, 54 Devonshire. 
McEa<diern, John, 3720 Washington. 
McFarland, C. T., 10 Tremont. 
McGinty, J. A., 53 State, rm. 1032. 
jMcGinty, Wm. H., 53 State, rm. 1032. 
Metcalf & Hoyt, 50 Bromlield. 
Moffette, George, 34 School, rm. 42. 
Montague, Frazer L., 70 Kilby. 
Moore, F. H., 27 School, rm. 29. 
^loore, G. Fred, 48 Hanover. 
Morse, Edward P., 258 Washington. 
Morse, J. H. & F. J., 85 State. 
Morse, Merritt, 67 Warren, Eox. 
Moseley, Herbert, 50 Brouifield. 
Muleahy, James, 43 Milk. 
Murray, James, 3 Hamilton pi. 
Newcomb, E. A. P., 35 I'emberton sq. 
Newcomb, Levi, 8 Exchange pi. 
Nichols, G. Leslie, 70 Kilby. 
Noirrse, H. ^M., 29 Pemberton sq. 
Xudd, Charles, 12 Post Office sq. 
Ober, J. Foster, 113 Devonshire. 
Orvis, Charles, 27 Pemberton sq. 
Paine, Walter J., 6 Beacon. 
Park, Charles E., 5 Park. 
Peabody & Stearns, 53 State, rm. 919. 
Perkins & Betton, 13 School. 

Peters, William Y., (i Beacon. 

Pliillil)S, Henry A., 120 Tremont, rm. 523. 

I'inkham, A. B., 43 Warren, Eox. 

Pope, Fred, 209 Wasliington, rm. 36. 

Prescott & Sidebottom, 113 Devonshire. 

Preston, Henry J., 104 Water. 

Preston, Wm. G., 186 Devonshire. 

Putnam. John P., 27 Pemberton sq. 

Quiglcy, William B., 1519 Washington. 

Eand cSt Taylor, 87 Milk, rm. 34. 

Eantin, Samuel, 4 Pynchon. 

Eice, John H., 10 Federal. 

Eice. L. Frederick, 125 Milk. nn. 73. 

Eichards, J. E., 55 Kilby. 

Eichards, Wm. P.. 55 Kilby. 

Einn, J. Ph., 7 Water, rm. 901. 



advertise; 
WILLIAM GORDON, 

Real Estate Agent, 

Houses and Tenements Rented. 

ALSO Carpenter and Painter. 

GENERAL REPAIRER OF REAL ESTATE. 

66 APPLETON STREET, BOSTON. 

JAMES TUCKER & SONS, 

NO. U BRATTLE 8(^11 ARE, 

Quincy House Block, 
TELEPHONE CONNECTION. 



B05T0ri. 



James Tucker. 



Wm, A. Tucker. Nalh'l W. Tucker. 



Drainage. 



Ventilation. 



ALBERT E. TOUCHET, 



plijmb(^r, 



REAR NO. 70 BEACON STREET, 

Cor. River and Bjron Slreets. 

ESTIMATES CHEERFULLY FURNISHED. 

Personal atleniion given to all work. 

Telephone 1294 Haymarket. BOSTON. 

NEAL & PREBLE, 

Successors to James P. Xeal, 

A\2isoo5 &• Builders, 

Master Builders' Association, 

166 DEVONSHIRE STREET, 

BOILERS, FURNACES. RANGES & GRATES 

Set and Repaired. 

.\11 kinds of Jobbing done at short notice. 

Alfred J. Xeal. Joseph II. Preble. 



lENTS. 353 

C. A. NOYES & CO., 
CARPENTERS and BUILDERS, 

8 PROVINCE COURT. 
BOSTON. 

Telephone 313 Boston .^bemi^ 

JoToToing- of a-11 l^incLs 

NEATLY AND PROMPTLY EXECUTED. 



J. W. GILPATRICK, 

CarpenterAH^ Builder, 

l-,>5 MERRIMAC ST., BOSTON. 

Stores axL^ 0£S.ces X'ltted. XT-p. 

Refrigerators, Counters, Desks, Tables, Window Screens, Door 
Screens and Signs made lu Order. Store fronts pui in. Restau- 
rants fitted up. Als'i, Jobbing in and out of Tovvn promptly at- 
tended to. Dwellings Kemodelled, Markets Fitted up, Benches 
and l^locks made. Postal Cards and Letters will receive imme- 
diate atteniion. Estimates given if desired. 

RESIDENCE, 45 PRESCOTT ST., 

Darling Bros., 

Contractors 



%n<i 



iUILDERS, 

WORCESTER, MASS, 



D. W. Darling. 



J. T. Darling. 



Godfrey Electric Construction Co,, 

TO THE CONSTRUCTION BUSINESS OF 

The HoItzer=Cabot Electric Co., 

NO. 38 BEDFORD STREET, 

BOSTON, MASS. 

E. W. GODFREY, Treas. and Mgr. 

Telephone 2764. 



354 



A HALF CEXTURY OF BOSTOX's lU'lLDIXG. 



Roliliiiis, Joseph, 22 School. 

Eodman, W. A., 54 Devonshire. 

Botch, Arthur, 85 Devonshire. 

Eussell, C. A., 46i- Warren, Rox. 

Eussell, John VV., 110 Tremont. 

Sear.s, W. T., 70 Kilby. 

Shaw & Hunnewell, 9 Park. 

Sheehan, T. Edward, 1 Beacon. 

Shepley, Rutan & Coolidge, 122 Ames bhlg. 

Silloway, T. W., 10 Park sq., rm. 8. 

iSise, Lyman, 1 Beacon. 

Sniitli, Frank Warren, Ho Devonshire 

rm. 7.'>. 
Smith. F. H., 144 Boylston. 
Smitli, J F. & G. H., 22 School 
Smith, (.). F., 23 Court, rm. 41 S. 
Snell & Gregerson, 15 Studio hhlg. 
Spoffor(h John C, 13 Exchange. 
Stanwood & Morin, 10 E;ist Springfield. 
Staten, Fred H., 149 Bennington. 
Stephenson, H. ]\I., 17 Pemberton sti. 
Stickney & Austin, 50 Br<imtield. 
Stiirgis & Cabot, 19 Excliange ])1. 
T:iylor, G. Wood, 85 DevoiLshire. 
Taylor, William H., 296 Boylston. 
Thayer, E. G., City Hall. 
Tliomj)Son, S. Bayard, 113 Devonshire. 
Tilden, George T., 85 Devonshire. 
Tobey, S, Edwin, 10 Tremont, rm, 41. ■ 



Tracy, P. A., 75 Studio bldg. and 23 Meridian. 

Tucker, Frank W., 2A Beacon. 

Tudor, Frederic, 95 Milk. 

Untersee, F. J., 178 Devonshire. . 

Van Brunt & Howe, 35 Congress. 

Vaughan, Henry, 29 Pemberton sq. 

Vinal, Arthur H., 19 Milk. 

Wait & Cutter, 85 State, rm. 15. 

Wakefield, F. M., 8 Beacon. 

Wales lSi. Holt, 22 Congre.ss. 

Walker & Kind.Kill, 13 Walnut. 

Walsli, T. F,, 7 Exchange. 

Ware, Wm. Eotch, 211 Tremont. 

Warren & Bacon, 9 Park. 

Waterhouse & Chesebrough, 50 State (naval). 

Watson, Robert A., 40 Hillside. 

Weissbein & Jones, 41 Tremont. 

Welch, Franklin I., 3C Bromfield. 

Weutworth, W. P., 8 Exchange pi. 

West & Granger, 200 Washington. 

Weston, F. W., 99 Equitable bldg. 

Wheelwright, Arthur W., 37 Studio bldg. 

Wheelwright & Haven, 6 Beacon. 

Wilson, Edward I., 70 Kilby. 

Winslow, W. Henry, 4 Perkins, J. P.. 

Winslow & Witherell, 3 Hamilton pi., rm. 94. 

Woodbury, Daniel H., 120 Tremont, rm. G23. 

Woodcock, S. S., 40 State, rm. 47. 

Zerrahn, F. E., 9 Hamiltou pi. 



ADVERTISEMENTS. 



355 



C. M. GAY, 

Pumps, Lead Pipe, Boilers, Bowls, Water Closets, 
Force Pumps, Etc. 

Ventilating and Jobbing of all kinds in the above line 
attended to at short notice. 

66 WARREN STREET, Near Dudley St., 

BOSTOIsr. 



B. F. Godfrey. 



II. Thohias. 



Godfrey &l Thomas, 



E'SZ.^C'TIC-ft.I-. 



PLUMBERS AND GAS FITTERS, 

769 CENTRE ST., 
JAHAICA PLAIN. 



All Orders Promptly and Personally Attended to. 

Ceor^e p. Bourse, 

Carpenter and Bailder, 

148 MT. VERNON ST., 

BOSTON. 

JOHN J. WALTERS, 

Plurpber zipd 

^a*- — Ga^s Fitter, 

Also, rianufactortes, Workshops 

and Private Dwellinjrs Fitted Complete. 

115 & 117 NORTHAMPTON ST., 

BOSTON. 



JOHN H. KILLIAN, 

Successor to P. J. Owens, 

plumber, 

95 EUSTIS STREET, Opposite Albany. 
Residence, 926 Albany St. 



-i^ttei^d-ea. to. 



WILLIAM J. BOYCE, 

Plumber and Gas Fitter, 

2038 V\/ashington St., 

BOSTON HIGHLANDS. 



Jobbing Promptly Attended to. 



Charles River Iron Works. 

EDWARD KENDALL A. SONS, 

Manufacturers of 

Stea.z:cL toilers 

. . . KND . . . 

Pl.ite Iron Work of Kvery Description. 

CAMBRIDGEPORT, MASS. 

Established iS6o. 

DANIEL BUCKLEY, 

:e=» XjTJ" 2v£ IE E xe . 

Manufacturer of 

BUCKLEY'S PATENT EXTENSION LEVER. 

486 Broadway and 89 Dorchester Street, 

SOUTH BOSTON. 



3.36 



A HALF OEXTURT OF BOSTON S BUILDING. 



FIRE LOSSES, VALUATION AND POPULATION. 



Tlie following table gives statistical facts which 
with the growth and development of Boston : 



ire of considerable value in connection 



TEAK 



1822 
1823 
1824 
182.5 
182() 
1827 
1828 
1829 
1830 
1831 
1832 
1833 
1834 
1835 
183(j 
1837 
18.38 
1839 
1840 
1841 
1842 

isi:; 

1S44 
184.5 



184(; 21 



No. 
Fires. 



105 
9(i 
113 
9'.) 
109 
159 
185 
l.SO 



1847 
184S 
1849 
18.50 
1851 
18.52 
1853 
1854 
1855 
185(i 
1857 
1858 
1859 
lS(i0 
1S(;| 
18()2 



141 

150 
208 
147 
218 
134 
172 
153 
140 
94 
94 
111 
111 
194 
172 
172 



LOSS 
PERSONAL 



J80.00 



lOO.OO 



LOSS 

rf:al. 



*531, 972.00 
140,004.00 
77,'.>73.00 
102.872.00 
90.008,01) 
128. (■,(•)(;. 00 
184.08.3.00 
231,191.00 
22G.33S.O0 
172.993.00 
222,293.00 
.300,525.00 
123,060.00 
386.107.00 
492,849.00 
515,167.00 
150.772.00 
537,604.00 
409..355.00 
258.2;!1.00 
390.657.00 
761.370.00 
521,;;83.00 
617.213.00 

1,107,569.00 



$.32,052.00 
140.004.00 
77,973.00 
102.072.00 
<)0,008.00 
128,66(;.00 
184,083.00 
231,191.00 
226,338.00 
172,993.00 
222,293.00 
300.525.00 
123.660.00 
386,107.00 
492.849.00 
515,167.00 
150,772.00 
.537,604.00 
409.355.00 
2.58,231.01) 
390,657.00 
761,370.00 
521,383.00 
617.213.00 
1,107.569.00 



VALUATIOX. 



Personal Estate. Keal Estate. 



$18,775,800 
19,929.800 
22.540,000 
21.450.(;o(_ 
25,24 (;.20( 
29,779,00( 
25,()15.200 
24,104,200 
22.626,000 
23.023,200 
28,369,200 
29.510.800 
31.6(i5.200 
31.789.800 
34,895.000 
33,272,200 
32,859,200 
33,248,600 
34,157.400 
3(;.048,600 
41,223,800 
42.372,600 
4(;,402.3()0 
.53,957,300 
.58.720.000 
64,595,900 
67,324,800 
71. .3.52.700 
74,907.100 
78, 588. .500 
76,9S(),S()I) 
9l).423..300 
99.283,000 
105,580,900 
105.480,500 
108.398.100 
101.208.800 
105.018. 100 
112.969.700 
108,078,000 
112,579,000 



$23,364,400 
25,367,000 

27,303^800 

30.992.000 

.34.203.000 

.36,061,400 

35,908.000 

36.953,800 

36.960,000 

37,(i75,O00 

.39,145.200 

40.966.40( 

4.3.140.60( 

47,552,800 

53,370,000 

56,311,600 

57,372,400 

58,577,800 

60,424.200 

61,9G3,()00 

65,499,90( 

67.673,400 

72,048.000 

89,991,400 

90,1]9.(;00 

97,764,500 

100,403.200 

102,827.500 

1()5.093.4()0 

1()9,.3.58,.500 

110.(;9;).200 

116,090.900 

127,730,200 

136,351.300 

143.681.700 

149.713.800 

153.505,.3O0 

158.410,900 

16.3.891,.".O0 

167.682,100 

163,638,000 



Total. 



$42.140.20( 

44.890.800 

49.842.80(: 

o2,442.6()(: 

59.449.20( 

6,5,858,400 

61,523.200 

61.068,000 

59,586,000 

60,698.200 

67,514.400 

70,477.200 

74,805.800 

79,.'!02.600 

88.265,000 

89.583,800 

90.231.600 

91,826,400 

94,581.600 

98.006,600 

106,723.700 

110.04(;.000 

118,450,.300 

135,948,700 

148,839,600 

162,360,400 

167.728.000 

174.180.200 

180,000.500 

187.947,000 

187,680,000 

20(!.514,200 

27.013.200 

241.932.200 

249,162,500 

58.11l'.900 

54,714.100 

263,429.000 

276..S61.0I1() 

275,760.100 

276,217,000 



rOPULA- 
TION. 



.>s.: 



61,392 



78.603 



93.383 



114,366 



136.881 



160.490 



177,840 



ADVEKTISKMENTS. 



357 



W. E. BERTWELL & CO., 

AGENTS FOR THE IDEAL HEATER. 



DATING Engineers. 




AND DEALERS IN 



I Steam and Hot Water Heating Apparatus. 



\ J 5' Charlestown Street, 



.BOSTON. 



JOBBING PROMPTLY ATTENDED TO. 



\ W. E. B 



ERTWELL. 



W. F. Crane. 



JAMES BERTRAM, 

CARPENTER, 

330 BROADWAY, SO. BOSTON. 



Jobbing promptly attended to. 



Residence, 675 E. Seventh St., So. Boston. 

FRED W. BELYEA, 

Carpenter and Builder, 

71 CHESTNUT ST., BOSTON. 

In Belmont Spring-Water Building. 



CiRrENTER WORK IN ALL ITS liRANCHES PROMPTLY 
ATTENDED TO AT REASONAKLE RATES. 

All kinds of Furniture Work a Specialty, 



JOSEPH W. BARRY, 

Successor to James P. Moran, 

Practical it Plumber, 

NO. 1 PARK ST., Charlestown Di.st., 
BOSTON, MASS. 



Orders from any part of the City, or out of Town, for fitting 
up Bath Rooms, Wash Trays, \\'ash Bowls, Shower Baths, Bath 
Boilers. Water Closets, Marble Slabs, etc., promptly and faith- 
fully attended to. Estimates cheerfully given. 

Jobbing carefully executed. 



1. H. BOGART, 

Carpenter and Builder, 



iczr XV , ^vXa.ster ^-uLil^ers' ^^ssocia-tloan.. 



NO, 160 DEVONSHIRE ST,, BOSTON. 



Jobbing- solicited and promptly attended to. 



358 



A HALF CEXTURV OF BOSTON S BUILDING. 



FIRE LOSSES— CONTINUED. 



14] 

ISS 

i;;] 



YEAK 



1863 
1864 
1865 

1866 221 

1867 64 
1868284 
1869293 
1870385 
187l|497 
] 872^549 
187364(1 
18 74 '620 
I87r>!38( 



1876 
1877 
1878 
1879 
1880 
1881 
]882 
1883 
1884 
1885 
1886 
1887 
1888 
1889 
18<)0 
18i)l 
1892 
1893 
1894 



601 
483 



LOSS 
PEKSliNAL. 



$317,287.00 
312,286.35 

560.528.00 
406.606.56 
62],;!2].62 
1,189,548.52 
(;24.062.76 
793.524.00 
388,462.00 
t308. 103.00 
718.074.00 
84r>.488.0(» 

3;;6,(;o5.78 

773,317.79 
774.522.98 
884,062.37 
986,2 12.. 34 
677,126.79 
450,375.89 
791,440 47 

3,577.317.02 
037.462.20 

1.169,355.82 
584,444.62 

3.619,716.00 
853,467 S3 



LO.SS 
KEAL. 



§369.429.00 
858,381.00 
559.749.00 
681,554.00 
408,500.00 

t402.1 15.00 
83,825.75 
125,437.00 
295.043.00 
397.722.50 
143.978.17 
791.405.00 
450.028.50 
424,979.00 
l.-)2.810.00 
179,844.00 
209,120.00 
l;!5.786.00 
1.30,500.04 
185,518. tt9 
358^459.20 
217,191.23 
246,042.71 
412,096.26 
240.078.22 
240.236.25 

1,242.129.65 
451.425.09 
342,318.69 
261.950.50 

1,405,048.95 



S3':9.429.00 
858,;;,si.oo 

55'.).749.00 

(181.554.00 

408,560.00 

402,115.00 

406,112.75 

437,723.35 

855,571.00 

704,329.00 

765,289.79 

2.680,95.3.52 

1,074.091.26 

1,218.503.00 

541.272.(^0 

487,947.00 

927,194.00 

982.274.00 

467,105.82 

958,8;!5.8S 

1,132,982.18 

1,101 253.60 

l,2;!2,2.-.5.05 

1,089,196.05 

690.454.11 

l,031.(;7(x72 

4.819,446.67 

1.088.887.29 

1,512.074.51 

840,-395.12 

5.024,765.04 

].726,(;27.56 



Personal Estate. Beal Estate. 



VALUATION. 



1 32.882.700 169,624.500 

15o.377,600|182,072.3()0 
170.263,875 201,628.900 
189.595,130J225,767,215 
194.358,400 250,587,700 
205 937,900,287,635,800 
217,469,700 332.051.900 



Total. 



102,507,200 
;:-!2!449,900 
171. 892.775 
415,3(;2,345 
444,946,100 
493.573,700 
549..511,600 



218.496,300 365,593,100 584,089.400 
217.448,(;i00'395.214,950 612,033,550 
2.39.440. 850|443. 283,450 682,724.300 
'00'470.0S6.200 693.831,400 
244,554,900;554.200.150 798,755.050 
2.3.5,020.895,558,941.000 793.9(11.895 
222.838,310|526.157.900 748,996,210 
205,433,386 481,407,200 686,840,586 
190.070,966|440.375,900(i30,446,866 
184.575,692428,777,000 613.322.692 
202,092,395 437, 370,100!639,462. 495 
210,165!997 455.3S8.600J(365,5.i4.597 
204,793,812 467,704,150 672,497,9(12 
204,1 13,771 478.318,900,682,432,671 
1 94.526,058 488.130,600 682.656,658 
1 89,605,672 495.973,400 685,579,072 
193,118,060 517,503,275 710.621,335 
200.471.3421547.171,175 747.(542,517 



201.439,273 563. ()43,275 
201. (;33.769. 593,799,975 
202.051.525 619.990.275 
2(.)4, 831,040 6>50.2."8, 375 
213,695,8291680.279.875 
21(;,331, 476 707.76?" 



204.365.192' 



764.-152,548 
795.4;!3.744 

822,041,800 

855,(i69!415 

893,975.704 

751924,09.3,751 

v43,85o|928, 109,042 



POPUL.U 

TION. 



192.318 



^50,520 



341,919 



362,839 



390,393 



448.477 



* From 1838 to 1867 the ye.iv ended September l.-;t. 
t From tliis date the year ended December 31st. 
t From tliis date the year ended March 1st. 



ADVERTISEMENTS. 



359 



CHARLES E. WOODMAN, 



^zirpcpter 



AND 



^;- 



B^»l^^»'' 



9 FERDINAND ST., 



Cor. Fayette St., Kcar the Bridge, 



BOSTON. 



Jobbing of all kinds promptly done. 



TH03IAS CARE Y, 
PLUMBER, 



ANI> HEALER IN 



IFl-a.m.Toixig- IMIateria-l. 

Jobbing done on the most reasonable terms. 

^ CnntT^ri^ faithfully executed. 

1160 TREMONT ST., 
BOSTON HIGHLANDS. 



E. M. CHAPMAN, 
Carpenter and Builder, 

Jobbing in all its Branches promptly attended to. 

Residence, 35 EDQEWOOD STREET, 
SHOP, 3.50 BLUE HILL AVE., 

BOSTON, Roxbury District. 



NEW ENGLAND ADAMANT CO, 



MANUFACTURERS OF 



Adahant Wall Plaster, 

166 Devonshire Street, 

BOSTON, MASS. 



Works, First St., Foot of E, So. Boston. 

N. J. BROCKWAY, General Manager. 



JOHN A. McLELLAN, 

Czirpepter 

and Builder, 

Residence : 

140 MARCELLA Street, 

ROXBORY. 



MORTON BROTHERS, 

PLASTERERS, 



1 I^3i<rOXjXj STTSEET, 



ROSLINDALE. 



P. H. McDermott, 

• nASON, « 

No. 5 Nason Place, 

Off Conant St., - ROXBURY. 



Jobbing promptly attended to. 



360 



A HALF CEXTURV OF BO.STON'.S BUILDIXG. 



THE PUBLIC LANDS ACCOUNT 

From the time Boston liecame a city in 1822, to Januaiy 31st, 1894, shows the following : 





EXPEXDI- 
TURES. 


REi EIl'TS. 


NET 
PROFITS. 


NET LOS.S. 


Neck Lands 


$418,885.59 

1,202,729.67 

1,029,022.41 

22,751.42 

1,183,363.12 

561.817.63 

2,428,986.58 

372,930.51 

363,887.70 


$3,298,524.60 
506,925.22 
179,205.87 
323,519.74 
222 921 89 


$2,879,639.01 




South Bay Lands 


$695,804.45 
849,816.54 


Back Bay Lands 




South Boston Lands 


300,768.32 


Church Street District 


960.4^1.23 

389,527 82 


Novtlianipton Street District 


172.2S9.S1 
863.420.5(; 

98. 081'. 5(1 
672,(;.-)2.64 
135,572.73 

77,190.16 
6.916.56 

15,448.39 




Suffolk Street District 




1 565 566 O'-* 


iioxhury and Eo.xbury Canal 

MisceUaneous Lantls 

Mill Bond Lands 


308.764.94 
135,572 73 


274,848.01 


Neck and Mill Bond Lands 




77,190.16 

6,916 56 

15,448.39 




East Boston 






C'harlcstown Lands 












Totals 


$7,584,374.63 


$6,572,770.67 


S3,724.43C..ll 


$4,73C,,040.07 



The following table shows the area and population of the city by wards, according to the 
census of 1890. 



WARD. 


AREA IX 
ACRES. 


roprL.\Tiox". 


WARD. 


AREA IX 
ACRES. 


I'OIH'L.VTIOX. 


1 


1961 


1963;! 


14 


1076 


2(;;'.(;7 


'> 


405 


17297 


15 


525 


1S049 


3 


363 


13094 


16 


104 


18048 


4 


467 


12842 


17 


264 


15638 


5 


216 


12412 


IS 


204 


1 6035 


6 


204 


LS477 


19 


220 


23016 


i 


114 


13145 


20 


726 


24335 


S 


113 


13026 


21 


856 


22930 


9 


138 


12660 


•*•» 


1361 


20011 


10 


215 


8l'05 


23 


8204 


24997 


11 


511 


21660 


24 


5652 


29638 


12 


244 


12585 


25 


2855 


12032 


13 


598 


22375 









Total, 

Square miles 



448.47' 



ADVERTISEMENTS. 



JAHAICA 



361 



Hot Water Attachment 

* For Furnaces. «• 




/^UR HOT WATER A; 
^— ^ I'uinaces consists of a 



ATTACHMENT for 
a hollow disc or huh, 
tapped at its circumference to receive fourteen ij 
inch pipes or spokes, which may be extended the 
diameter of the interior of the furnace, and closed 
at their outer ends ; the hub, or disc, is 
also tapped at its axis two inches for flow 
and return pipes. This combination 
placed with the spokes horizontal above the feed door of 
furnace, interferes in no way with the operation of the fur- 
nace, while it is exposed to the direct ravs of the fire, and 
can be readily applied to any make of furnace already in 
use. A large number of references can be furnished on 
application. 

J. F. HOUGHTON & SON, 

99 GREEN STREET, 

JAMAICA PLAIN, MASS. 




THOSE WHO HAVE BUILT THE CITY. 

HE liistoiy of Boston's building would not be complete, neither would it do justice 
to the cause, were mention not to be made of the many well-known and honorable 
men and firms who have contributed so much to tlie cause by their skill and 
handi<'raft. Tlie construction of a modern Imilding calls upon a variety of differ- 
ent trades to make it a perfect structure, one meeting all the re(|uirements and needs of 
modern life and business. The mason, the carpenter, the plumber, the gas fitter, the sanitary 
engineer, and the dealer in heating and ventilating apparatus, with many others, are all called 
upon to do their respective parts in the construction and equipment of the modern building, 
whether intended for mercantile purposes or as a home for those who make up the hundreds 
of thousands of good and true citizens of a great metropolis like the city of Boston. And it 
can be honestly asserted that no city has a larger number, or more thoroughly competent and 
trustworthy artisans than the city of Boston. Many of them are men of long and practical 
experience at their trades, with a name and reputation that is world-wide, while those who 
have not reached that distinction are rapidly coming to the front and will one day be ec[ually 
well-known beyond the limits of their own state. It is a matter of which the citizens of the 
city may well be proud, that its buildings, l)oth public and private, are among the best in the 
world, manj' of them being accounted superior to any in the country. Our public library is 
not excelled in any other city in the Union, our court house is one of the best and most 
substantial to be found anywhere, many of our great public institutions have a world-wide 
re]mtation for architectural and mechanical perfection, while our churches, schools, and. 
residences compare favorably with those of any other city in the country. These facts are due 
largely to the supericu' class of workmen and those who have had their construction in charge. 
It is with pleasure, therefore, that we call attention to the many individuals and concerns who 
have been instrumental in bringing about such results. A great deal of time has been sjient in 
collecting the facts and data from which the following sketches have been compiled, and a 
fairly complete list of the different trades and those engaged in tliem is here i)resented. 

The Abekthaw CoxsTitrcxiox Comp.vnt, engineers and contractors in concrete masonry 
and members of the Master Builders' Association. The office of this company is at 31 State 
street. 

The Aberthaw C'ompany have introduced into New England the use of concrete as a 
building material, and by means of improved methods and machinery are extending it into 
a most varied and extensive field of usefulness. Concrete has. up to a very recent date, been 
little used in New England, and its many virtues have scarcely been appreciated. The 
Aberthaw Company is a firm of graduated engineers, who have undertaken to use concrete in 
a scientific manner, and to bring this fine building materiiil into the prominence it deserves. 



ADVERTISEMENTS. 



363 



Morrison & Rackley, 



CoptrE^ctors 



an<I 



Builders, 



--p- 



169 DUDLEY STREET, BOSTON. 



WILLIAM L. MILLER, 

BRIDGE AND WHARF BUILDER, 

General Contractor. Estimates Furnished. 

No. 166 Devonshire Street. "'"x^I.^mou"' 

Federal St. Bridge. L St. Bridge. Castle Island 
Bridge. Saugus River R. R. Western Ave. Bridge. 

Residence, 76^ Broadway, So. Boston. 

T. J. FARQUHARSON, 

CarpenteMBuilder, 

BRANCH AVE., DORCHESTER. 

Plans furnished and estimates given at sliorl notice. 



P. G. HURLEY, 

-^ PLUMBERS- 



121 Pynchon Street. 

Residence, 818 PARKER ST 



ESTir^ATES GIVEM. 



J. H. BROWN, 

Successor to T. S. Brown, 

Sa^rpepter^iii^Builcler, 

Counting Rooms and Stores fitted up. 
84 CHARDON ST., BOSTON. 

rp one Flight in the Rear. 



All Jobbing Promptly Attended to. 



364 



A HALF CEXTURY OF BOSTONS BUILDING. 




The firm is prepared to furnish designs, estimates, drawings, and information covering the 
use of concrete in foundations for wet or dry localities, retaining walls, piers, engine and 
boiler beds, fire-proof and damp-proof floors fm- breweries and packing houses, office buildings 
and dwellings, for sidewalks and sidewalk lights, water-tight cellars, jiavements of all kinds, 
steps, copings, and a great variety of work in which concrete has no rival in usefulness and 
strength. 

The company has some extensive Avork in hand, notably at the McLean Hospital in 
Waverley, at the Boston City Hospital, besides numerous excellent lighted sidewalks about 
the city. 

The aim of the company is to give to concrete the highest standard of excellence, and 
consequently all their work is done by the best skilled labor and with the best materials 
obtainable, directed by a thorough expert and scientific knowledge of the material and its 
ada[itability to building construction. 

TuK Vexdome is one of the largest and certainly the handsomest and best appointed 
hotels in New England, and one of the most elegant hotel structures in the country. It is 
centrally located on one of the most beautiful thoroughfares in America, Commonwealth avenue, 

in the very centre of the most fashionable residential portions of the 
city. It is eight stories in height, the fronts being of the finest Tuck- 
ahoe and Italian marbles, with elaborately carved trimmings, and 
with a roof of iron covered with slate. The material throughout is 
one of tlie best fire-resisting material. On the first floor are the 
various public rooms, dining rooms, and elegant banquet hall, 30 by 
110 feet, with the best of accouuiiodations for clubs and parties. 
The great rotunda is paved with English encaustic tiles, harmoniously 
arranged in colors and designs of elaliorate patterns. The interior 
finish is in hard wood, mahogany and cherry highly polished, and. 
the frescoing is very beautiful. It is provided with all the modern 
conveniences, passenger elevators, etc. The ventilation and idumbing 
is unusually good, and everything for the comfort and convenience 
of its guests is provided. It was built several years ago, at a cost of 
f 1,000,000. and is without a peer among hotels in this part of the 
country. It has lieen the stopping place of many of the notable people of the world when in 
Boston. The proprietors, C. H. Greenleaf & Co., are among the most popular landlords, and 
the hotel is noted for its liospitality and excellent cuisine. 

E. r>. Badoeu & Sdxs. formerly Kicks & Badger. cop])ersniiths and architectural sheet 
metal Avorkers. have been doing Inisiness since 1841 and are one of the best known concerns in 
the business, liaving done a great amount of Avork for the building trades, and having a 
business extending all over the United States, and reaching as far as Canada, the Sandwich 
Islands, Brazil and the West Indies. Their phuit is located at ()3, Cm, and 07 I'itts street, and 
is one of tlie best equijiped plants for the production of everything in the line of slieet metal 
and copper work in the country. Among the things Avhich they are engaged in manufacturing 
are copper steam work, coils, vacuum pans, dyers' cylinders, steam jacket kettles, ship 










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THE VENDOJIE. 



ADVKRTISEMENTS. 



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George W. Branch, 

Plumbers Gas Fitter, 

PLUMBING MATERIAL FURNISHED 

AND PUT UP AT SHORT NOTICE. 

20 UNION STREET, BOSTON, MASS. 



Estimates Given If Desired. 



WILLIAM BOYD. 

Practical Plumber, 

1198 HARRISON AVENUE, 

Boston Highlands. 

Personal attention given to Ventilatinjr House Drains. 

Jobbing Promptly Attended to. 

Residence, 34 HARVARD ST., Dorchester. 

■\7s7". H. T E E Ij , 

Formerly with the late W. A. Rawson, 

HOUSE and DECORATIVE PAINTING, 

©raioins an«l Glazing. 



9 LIME STREET, Off Brimmer, 
BOStOXL. 



JAMES P. T A NCR ED, 

Tin and Sheet Iron Worker. 

Dealer in Stoves, Ranges and Furnaces, Kitclien 

Furnishing Goods, Etc. 

.A.H OrAers prorcptl^ a,tte33-a.ea. to. 

272 BROADWAY, between C and D Sts., 
Tin Roofing. SOUTH BOSTON. Conductors. 



WILLIAM FENNELL, 

^arpe^ter a^d Builder, 

WOOD TURNING of every description. 
Counting Rooms Fitted up at Short Notice. 



Orders for Jobbing promptly attended to. 



19 HARVARD PLACE, - BOSTON. 

Opposite Old South Church. 



S. A. HOLT. 



HOLT & BUQBEE, 



DEALERS IN 



por(^i(^9 a^d Do/Tji^stic; U/oods, 

49, 51 and 53 Haverhill St., 



Cor. Travers, 



BOSTON. 



Mahogany, Rosewood, Boxwood, Sweet Gum, Letter Wood, 
Black Walnut, Spanish Cedar, Red Cedar , Lignumviic-E, Tulip 
Wood, Chestnut, M.iple. Ash. Cherry, White Wood, Ebony, 
Cocoa, Fustic, Holly, Satin Wood. 

Lumber Wharf and Dry House, EAST ST., East Cambriiljye. 

John B. McGregor, 

CARPENTER ^1 BUILDER, 

Refrigerators Built and Repaired. Office and 
Store Fitting. Door and Window Screens. 



Jobl-iing of all kinds promptly attended to. 



FIRST-CLASS WORK GUARANTEED. 

108 WORCESTEK STREET, BOSTON. 

GEO F. DOYLE, 

CARPENTER 

AND BUILDER. 

43 DIX STREET, 

DORCHESTER. 



306 A }IALF CEXTURY OF BOSTON'S BUILDING. 

ventilators and piping, architectural copper and iron work of all kinds, and among the buildings 
into the construction of which the material furnished by them has entered are the Quincy 
House, Richards Building, International Triist Building, Ames Building, Worthington Building, 
Youth's Companion Building, and many others of equal note. They have a very large force of 
.skilled workmen constantly kept busy in supplying the demand for their products, and do a 
great deal of order work for the building trades. They are sufficiently well known to need 
little introduction and their reputation has long been established as among the leading 
manufacturers in their line. They are thoroughly reliable and tlieir business is conducted on 
the most honorable basis. 

The large brick mauufacturing business now carried on by D. Warren DeEosay, was 
establislied by his father, L. E. DeEosay, in 1880. In 1883, the firm became L. E. DeEosay 
& Sou, and in 1890, D. Warren DeEosay bought out his father's interest in the business and 
has since conducted it alone. The business carried on is that of the manufacture of brick for 
buildings and sewers. The yards are located at 62, 64, and 66 Dublin street, Cambridge. The 
business has greatly increased in the past few years and the yards now turn out an enormous 
product every year, most of which is taken within a radius of twenty miles of Boston. Steam 
power is used in tlie manufacture of the bricks, and the plant is provided with every modern 
facility for the rapid and satisfactory production of the best quality of common and sewer 
brick, for which there is a ready and ever increasing market. Among some of the buildings 
into the construction of which these brick have entered are the new Court House on Somerset 
street, the Agassiz School house at Brookline, and the Kent School building in Somerville, 
Irving Terrace Buildings, Kirkland Avenue, Cambridge, and a great many others equally well 
known and prominent. The yards have also furnished the brick for a great many of the 
sewers in and around Boston. The location of the plant so close to a favorable market gives 
it many advantages over those which have to send their product from a distance, and the well- 
known quality of these lirick make, them sought after by contractors and builders. Mr. 
DeEosajr has had many years of practical experience in the business and is well and favorably 
known to the trade as an honorable man. 

The r>osTox I.elting Comi'axy lias been in business for nearly seventy years, 
having been establislied in 1828. 

Tlie company is the original manufacturer of mechanical rubber goods of all kinds, such 
as rubber belting, hose, packing, etc., in the United States, and does a very large and con- 
stantly increasing business. 

The company has a large store and its general offices at 256, 258, 260 Devonshire street, 
Boston, and a branch store at 100 Chambers street. New York. Agencies are located in nearly 
all of the large cities of this country, and also in Europe — large stocks of goods being carried 
at all these places, so tliat orders may be tilled and the trade sujjjjlied at short notice. 

A specialty is made of all kinds of fire hose and perforated rubber mats, and the Boston 
Belting Company's goods in both of these lines are to be seen in many of the large public 
buildings throughout the country. 

The manufacturing agent and general manager of the company, James Bennett Forsyth, has 
been connected with the business nearly a third of a century and has invented niucli of the 



ADVERTISEMENTS. 



367 



(ierry 9 fiortf^up, 

CARPENTERS, 

51 Bristol AND -— ^ 

166 Devonshire Streets, 
BO 5TO n. 

Graham & Cameron, 

Stair Builders, 

And Manufacturers of 

Wood Turning:, Variety Moulding, Band Sawing:, etc. 
145 to 153 BORDER STREET, 

Telephone 134 E. B. EAST BOSTON. 

THOMAS J. LONG & CO., 

Tin Plate, Sheet Iron & Copper Workers, 

Furnaces, Stoves, Ranges and Grates. 

Steam, Gas and Water Piping. Drainage. Plumbing. Con- 
ductors. Tin Roofing. Hot Air, Steam and Hot Water Heating. 
Ventilator and Chimney Tops. 

46 WARREN AVE., BOSTON, MASS. 

Telephone Tremont f52. 



JAMES O'NEILL, 

Plumber and 
'Y' Gas Fitter, 

DRAINAGE and VENTILATION a Specialty. 

934 Tremont St., Boston. 

Estia33.a.tes CjaeerfTj.1137- ^■o.raa.islied.. 
Jobbing promptly attended to, and all kinds of Gas Fixtures. 



W. T. & R. A. DAVIS, 

General # Contractors 



Waterworks, Sewers, Electric 



i'd Railroads, Masonry, Grading, 
and all Public Work, 

15 COURT SQUARE, BOSTON, MASS. 

p. 0. BOX, 2178. 

W. E. DANFORTH, 

CARPENTER 



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Office and Store Fitting. 
Camera Repairing. 



General Jobbing. 
Glazing. 



// Province Court, or 325 Washington St. 

Room 12. Opposite Miik .Street. 

Boston, Mass. 



H. L. Bkarse. 



H. A. Aldrich. 



OWEN BEARSE & SON, 

Established 1836. 

Mahogany and Western Hardwoods, 

401 ALBANY STREET, 
BOSTON, - MASS. 

BRAMHALL <& CO., 

piu/T)bers apd das pitters, 

Dealers in 

STOVES, FURNACES and RANGES. 

Agents for the Richardson & Boynton cele= 
brated Perfect Furnaces, Heaters and Ranges. 

10 & 13 BLUE HILL AVE., 

Near Dudley .Street, BOSTON. 



368 A HALF CENTURY OF B0STON"s BUILDINIi. 

machinery and many of the piocesses which are now in general u.se in the rubber manufactur- 
ing industry. 

The productions of this company enjoy a world-wide reputation for their excellence, and 
the character and reliability of this old established house is too well known to need further 
comment. 

TiiEiiE are few firms in this country that have a record in the contracting and building line 
that is equal to that of the Norcross Brothers of Worcester, Mass. It is only necessary to 
mention a few of the many notable buildings which they have erected to show the extent of 
their business in this line, and their ability in constructing tlie largest of buildings. One of 
the first large contracts and tlie one which gave them great notoriety all over the country, was 
that of the elegant and enormous county buildings at Pittsburgh, Pa. These buildings 
cost .$2,500,000, and were completed in a most satisfactory and highly creditable manner by this 
firm. Another of the handsome buildings which they have erected is the magnificent Trinity 
Church. These are but two samples of the work done by this firm, but they are sufficient to 
establisli their rejiutation as builders beyond a question. In 1873 they e.stablished an office 
in this city at 79 Huntington avenue, and have done a very large amount of building in tlie 
city since that time. They own several large granite and sandstone quarries. At Worcester 
they have their main office and woodworking plant. They have built structures all over the 
country, making a specialty of public buildings, libraries, churches, .state and government 
buildings, etc. 

Following is a partial list of the buildings that have been erected by this firm, all of which 
cost over f 100,0110 : Hampden County Court House at Springfield, Mass, ; Albany City Hall, 
Albany, N, Y. ; Alleghany County Couit House and Jail, Pittsburg, Pa.; Cincinnati 
Chamber of Commerce; Union Kailroad Station, Hartford, Ct. ; Boston & Albany Eail- 
road Station at Springfield, !Mass.; the Exchange Building, the Ames Building, tlie Ames 
Building on Lincoln street, all in Boston; Union League Club House in New York City; 
Algon(iuiu Club House, Boston; "Kellogg Terrace,'' Great Barrington, Mass. ; Worcester High 
School; Harvard College Law School; Marshall Field Building, Chicago; New York Life 
Insui-ance Buildings at Onuiha, Neb., and Kansas City; Bloomingdale Insane Asylum, White 
Plains, N. Y. In addition to these tliey have built a very large number of others, including 
some of the most elegant and costly residences in different parts of the country, and are now 
buihling the new Tiemont Building and the new Devonshire Building in this city, a new 
building for Columbia College, a new art building at Washington, the New England Building 
at Cleveland, and the State Mutual Insurance Building at Worcester. This firm prol)ably 
have the most complete facilitirs for the construction of large buildings of any concern in tlie 
country. 

Altiiouoh hoisting machinery has been in common use during the last century, the high- 
speed passenger elevator is of a comparatively recent date, and is the result of tlie demand 
for ra[iid transit to the ujiper stories of the lofty buihlings which are constructed to give 
increased store and office room in the centres of our large cities. Here the land is of great 
and increasing cost, but it would lie of far less value were it not for the elevator service, 
which lands the passenger at the desired point without fatigue or loss of time. Among the 












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ADVEKTISEMEXTS. 



369 



J. M. Marston & Co., 



Patent Hand 
Foot Power 
Mach inery. 

24-inch Power Band Saws and 
Circular Saw Bench. 

AGENTS FOR 

Huther Brothers' Adjustable Grooving Saws 

Champion Quick Action 

VISE. 

20-inch Hand and Foot Power 

BAND SAW. 

Weight 350 lbs. Floor space 27 inches by 
44 inches. Height, 5 feet S inches. Gears 
are automatic machine cut from solid iron. 
Saw pulleys are 20 inches diameter, turned 
and covered with endless rubber bands. 

Will cut to centre of 40-inch circle; 7 in. 
under upper saw guide. One roller guide 
furnished with each machine. 

Send for Illustrated Price-Llst. 



MANUFACTURERS OF 



J.MJarston&Co. 

225Ruggles St., 

BOSTON, MASS. 




370 A nAI,F CEXTURY OF BOSTOx's Bl'ILDIXG. 

earliest and most prominent maimfaeturers of passenger and freight elevators the Whittier 
Machine Comiiany of Boston holds an important and honorable position, not only as having 
been one of the pioneers in the business, bnt as having kept in the front rank of progress in 
the design and construction of the safest and most efficient forms of apparatus. 

The foundation of their business was laid in 1838, when Pratt & Chubbuck began in a 
conqiarativel}' small way their iron-working industry in Koxlniry. A few years after the firm 
was elianged to Chubbuck & Campbell, and in 1859 Charles Whittier became interested in 
the business as a partner and it was for many years conducted under the firm name of 
Campbell, Whittier & Company. The business having gradually increased, in July, 1874, 
a company was formally organized, called the Wiiittier iMachine Company, with Charles 
Whittier as president. In 1884 the works were increased by the addition of the foundry and 
part of the machine shop of the Boston Machine Company, South Boston. 

The manufacture of elevators having become so much a sjiecialty as to demand almost the 
entire attention of the company, in 1892 it was decided to remove the manufacturing, 
department entirel}- to South Boston and the offices to the Exchange Building on State street, 
Boston. New and well-equipi)ed machine and woodworking shops, iron and brass foundries, 
togetlier with an experience of over a rpiarter of a century in the manufacture of elevators, 
place this comjiany in position to give purchasers the best products of workmanship and 
material. 

The company manufactures passenger and freight elevators to be operated by steam, 
hydraulic power, electricity, belt or hand power, and has equipped some of the largest buildings 
in Boston, New York and Washington. Among some of the most prominent of these 
buildings may be named: The Massachusetts State House, Suffolk County Court House, City 
Hall, State Street Exchange, Massachusetts Hospital Life Insurance Company, International 
Trust Company, American Bell Telephone Building, Union Station, Exchange Club, of Boston, 
Hotel Waldorf, Bloomingdale Brothers, jNIetropolitan Life Insurance Company, of New York, 
Inter-Ocean Building, National Capitol Investment Company, Washington Loan and Trust 
Company of Washington. 

Thk well-known firm of Rowen Brothers, contractors and jobbers in plumbing and heating, 
located at 45 Green street, Jamaica Plain, was established in 1885, and the members of the 
firm are John M. and Edward G-, Rowen, As both members of the firm are experienced 
and practical workmen they have built up a very large business and gained a reputation that 
is second to none in their line. In the ten years that they have been in business they have 
filled some very large contracts for plumbing, and in the line of sanitary work, alwaj-s to the 
entire satisfaction of the parties for whom the work was done. A great deal of attention is 
now given to the perfect ])lumbing and sanitary equipment of buildings, and to meet the 
requirements of the law, and at the same time have the work done so that it will insure 
permanence and develop no fault which will endanger the health of the occupants of the 
building, requires a thorough and experienced workman and one tliat will not slight the work 
in order to make an extra dollar, regardless of his reputation. Any work done by the Rowen 
Brothers can be relied upon to be done thoroughly and honestly, and it is their reputation for 
this class of work that has brought them the very best patronage among the builders. They 
have all the facilities for doing anything in the line of plumbing, either on repairs or new 



ADVERTISEMENTS. 



371 



GEO. H. FIELD, Pbes. 



W. T. BABCOCK, Treas. 



M. P. WRIGHT, SOPT. 




O. T. Rogers Granite Co., 



-DEAI.ERS IN- 



,,iirninJ 3B3 

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GRANITE 

For Building and Monumental Purposes. 

Granite used in Polished Plinth of International Trust Co. Building 
came from these Quarries. 




Quarries at WEST QUINCY, MASS. 



Large Monumental Work a Specialty. 



international trust co. 
Building. 



P. O. Address, 
West Quincy, Mass. 



Also, Box 212, 

Master Builders' Ass'n, 

166 Devonshire St. 




C. H. HAKDWICK & CO., 

Fine Granite Monuments, 

I'.ii-BIjXITS ana. lijZ.A.'Si^'^i'RS . 

Quarry Street, QUINCY, MASS. 



WORK and STOCK of FINEST GRADE. 
All Shades of Quincy and other Granites Furnished. 

Our stock is a dark, rich, beautiful blue. 



BURKE BROS. 

Carpenters and Builders, 

27 HANCOCK ST., DORCHESTER. 

Box 27, Master BuiltJers' Association, 

A/o. 166 Devonshire Street, Boston, Mass. 

W. E. BuRKii. II. W.Burke. 

John & William Blesty, 

Carpenters 

AND 

Builders^ 

201 GREEN STREET, 
JAMAICA PLAIN. 



372 A HALF CENTrRY OF BOSTOx'.S liUILDIXO. 

work. Among some of the buildings for which they liave done the plumbing are quite a 
number of the city school buildings, station house 13, engine house 28, and many others, beside 
a large number of the very best office and store buildings, private residences, etc. There is 
no job in their line too large for them to figure on and tliej" are constantly employed ou 
large contracts in and arinmd ISoston. They have also facilities for doing the piping for 
steam or hot water heating and this is one of their specialties. Thej' have a force of skilled 
and competent workmen always ready, so that they are alile to execute their contracts 
jn'omptly. They are always pleased to furnish estimates for plumbing and heating, and their 
prices are as low for the work as is consistent with first-class materials and workmanship. 

The Faikb.axks Company, whose Boston office is at 77-79 Milk street, has a history cover- 
ing more than seventy j'ears. Until about 1831, when Thaddeus Fairbanks devised the ijlatform 
scale, now in general use, the contrivances for weighing quantities were comparatively crude 
and unreliable, and this had retarded the large mercantile transactions of commerce. The 
scale invented by Fairbanks, in the perfection to which it has been brought, and in the 
wide scope of its adaptation, has been an important agent in the wonderful progress made within 
the last half century. The necessity for a weighing device of this kind was first Ijrought to 
his attention while in business with his brother at St. Johnsbury, Vermont, where they had a 
small factory and mill, and were engaged in manufacturing a machine for dressing hemp and 
also operating a plant for hemp dressing. The straw was jjurchased from the farmers by the 
ton and the means of weighing it was by the old-fashioned " beam scales," that were neither 
convenient or reliable. The attention of Thaddeus Fairbanks was drawn to the rudeness of 
this metliod, and, being a mechanic by nature, he went to work to invent a scale which would 
be more convenient and accurate; which resulted in the production of a i>latform scale that met 
all the requirements, and in 1831 the firm of E. & T. Fairbanks relinquished all their other 
business and devoted themselves to the manvrfacture and sale of the scales, for which there was 
at once a very great demand because of their convenience and accuracy. The business 
increased very rapidly, and from that time to the present the Fairbanks scales have been the 
standard, and they have been in demand in every country all over the world. The product of 
the company has been extended and added to, until every variety of weighing instrument is now 
included in its list of more than four hundred styles and designs, from the most tiny and deli- 
cate instrixments, for the use of chemists and jewelers, to the great track scales, having plat- 
forms one hundred and fifty feet long, that are able to weigh a freight train while it is in motion. 
In Chicago there are more than two hundred ho^jper scales, which in the past ten years have 
weighed more thanthirtj" thousand million pounds of grain; and in the great stockyards in the 
same city the Fairbanks scales have, within nine years, weighed nearly ten thousand million 
jjounds of live stock. Whole droves of cattle and flocks of sheep are driven onto these im- 
mense scales at once. The Fairbanks scales are sent to every country, and are to be found 
in the stores and offices, on the wharves and along the railroads of Europe. They are 
the standard in India, China and Japan, in the East and West Indies, Australia, Africa and 
South America. The company has its warehouses in all the princijial cities of the United States, 
and has its representatives in every country in the world. Some idea of the extent of the busi- 
ness can be had from the following facts : In 1830 the shop, which included office, salesroom 
and everything, was a wooden structure sixty by twentj'-five feet, having about fifteen hundred 






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ADVERTISEMENTS. 



EM<SIHEERS&fCoMTRACToRS 



Associate Offices : 

iLER*'^"^ * New York Warmin? and Ventilating Co., 

^V/ARREH 257 Water Street, New York. 



!\EJSTUAril^ ^^"^ ^^'"^^"^ ''^ ventilating Co., 

^ 200 Wood Street, Pittsburgh, Pa. 



5CHOOL5AND- 

PUBUCBlJIL.PIflG5: _^_ BOSToN 



ASPBClwUTf ~ 



Fuller & Warren Warming & Ventilating Co., 

i47=M9 Lake Street, Chicago, 111. 



Troy, N. Y., Milwaukee, Wis. 

43 nilk Street, Boston, Mass. 



A. G. MINTON, 
Carpenter and Builder, 

17 HARVARD PLACE, BOSTON. 

Opposite the Old South Church. 



All JobbinR promptly attfiided to. Stores fltteil up. 

Counters and Desks made to order. Estimates 
furnished wiien desired. 



PEMPLE BROS. A CO., 

Copper an<l Galvanized 

IroriL Com.ices, 

Skylights, \'entilators, Gutters and Conductors. 

co^'^'E:^^ a-^a. txi<t E^ooE■I2^a-. 

All kinds of Piping, Furnace and Stove Repairing:. 

14 and 16 Dorchester Ave., 

Near Federal St. Bridge. SOUTH BOSTON. 



Austin toRD. 



Joseph B- Ford. 






AUSTIN FORD <& SON, 

DEALERS IN 

North River Flagging, 



Blue Stone and Granite. 



Offie? zqd U/I^arf, 31 to 39 mpiK ST- 

Boston Office, 17 OTIS STREET. 
Agents for BAR HARBOR RED GRANITE. 



Telephone Boston 1892. 
Cambridge Telephone 34';-3- 



Quarries 
Otter Creek, Maine. 



Isaac Q. Hamilton, 

Carpenter a^ Builder, 

Shop, No. 4 MALL ST., 

Near Eustis Street. Cor. Harrison Ave. 

BOSTON. 



/tl-i A HALF lEXTURY OF BOSTONS BUILDIXG. 

square feet of floor space. At present the buildings are ten brick workshops, having a floor area 
of over two hundred and eighty thousand feet. The company has also ninety-three tenement 
houses, its own saw-mill, a lumber yard of ten acres, and six thousand acres of timber land. 
The capital invested in I80O, was 14,600. It is now more than 112,500,000. The company 
has won many gold and silver medals from the different countries. Although there have 
been many changes during the seventy odd years since the business was established, it has 
always borne the name of Fairbanks, and iipon this has it won the high position which it 
has always held in the business world. The business was organized as a corporation in 
1874, with a caijital of f 2,000,000. The officers at the present time are: Samuel N. Brown, 
president; Henry Fairbanks, vice president; John C. Clark, secretary and treasurer. 

At their warehouses are also sold the world-renowned "Asbestos Disc Valves " and the 
"Hancock Inspirators." 

These valves are very durable, besides being easily renewable, and therefore give the 
greatest satisfaction. They are furnished for steam, water, ammonia, sulphite, pulp, and 
for all purposes where the best article is desired. These goods are to be found in nearly all 
of tlie prominent Iniildings erected of late in Boston and elsewhere in New England. 

Special attention is also given to store, railroad and steamboat trucks in every 
variety, as well as express and baggage barrows; also letter presses in great vai-iety, coffee 
mills, safety money drawers, and store equipments generally. 

Electkicitv plays an important part in the building trade at the present time, and among 
those who are engaged in the manufacture and sale of appliances in this line is the Elektron 
Manufacturing Company, whose extensive works are located at Sjiringfield, Mass. The 
Boston oiS.ce of the company is at 103 ]\Iilk street. The specialties of the company are direct 
electric elevators, automatic pumping plants, and electric dumb-waiters with hand or push- 
button control. This company has been successful to a marked degree in introducing its 
jiniduct. and has already equipped a large number of buildings in this city with its apparatus. 
As the latter has almost invariably given the best of satisfaction, they have built up a large 
and constantly increasing trade all over the coiintry. Several large orders have recently come 
in from the West, among them being an order for three direct electric elevator machine 
equipments in a single building at Toledo, Ohio. In Boston their latest types of apparatus 
are well set forth in the jilants installed by them in the State House extension, the new 
Eldredge building on Boylston street, the "Empire" apartment house on Commonwealth 
avenue, the Brigham estate's new commercial Imilding on I'ortland street, and in Franklin 
King's new office building next to the Exchange Club. The list of architects who have 
evinced their approval of the firm and its apparatus by specifying on contracts closed or by 
direct purchase, includes the Boston names of Charles E. Brigham, AVillard T. Sears, MacKay & 
Dunham, W. Whitney Lewis, and Stephen E. H. Codman. 

The handsome granite from the ipiavries of tlie ^Milford Pink Granite Company, located 
at Milford, Mass., is one of the best and most generally used granites in New England. The 
conijiany deal in rough and dressed granite for building purposes, and their product has been 
used very largely in the modern structures in this city ; among some of the more notable 
examples being the new jniblic libi'ary. in the construction of which the exterior of the three 



ADVERTISEMENTS. 



375 



LAWRENCE CUNNINGHAM, 

Plurnbcr I (oZiS Fitter, 

670 SHAWMUT AVE. 



Jobbing promptly attended to. 

Special attemion paid to Ventilation of Dwellings. 



Residence, 1 COLONY PLACE. 



JVIcVARISH & HENNIGAN, 

Successors 10 Wm. H. Poole & Co , 

Gas Fitters ^j!^ Plumbers, 



AND DEALERS IN 



Gas Stoves, Gas Fixtures and Lamp Goods, 
NO. 88 MAIN ST., Charlestown District. 

Boston. 



D. A. McVarish. 
T. J. Hennigan. 



M. J. MORRISSEY, 



-4^ ROOFER 4 



Slate, Tin, Copper and Composition Roofing, 

Gutters made proof as;ainst back water. 
Conductors and Gutters put up and repaired. 

Office, 134 ELIOT ST., BOSTON. 

EDWARD MOORE & CO., 




No. 18 CAUSEWAY STREET, 

BOSTON . 



A. McLELLAN, 



Wliarfage and Storage for Luml)er. 



No. 254 ALBANY STREET, 

BOSTON. 

JEREMIAH M. KELLEHER, 

Formerly with J. F. Dacey, 

Practical Ci Plumber, 

35 1-2 WEST DEDHAM ST., 

BOSTON. 

J. F. Dacey in attendance. 

T. GRIFFITHS, 

Carpenter iiiii Builder, 

21 Harvard Place, 

Opp. Old South Church, BOSTON. 



Regulation Bowling Alleys a specialty, 
office and store fixtures. 

Jobbing promptly attended to. First-class work guaranteed. 

DOUQALD .McDonald, 

Carpenter and 
Builder, ■%- 

53 Danforth Street, 

JAMAICA PLAIN, MASS. 



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A HALF CEXTUEY OF BOSTON S BUILUIXf;. 



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fronts is built of this luuulsome granite. The company have an offiee in the IVIaster Builders' 
Association Imilding. at 1(16 Devonshire street, where tliey show samples of their granite. 
They have the most complete facilities for furnishing the material, either dressed or in the 
rough; and there is no hnndsomer material for building purposes, as it takes a very high polish 
and is of a very lieautiful tint. 

OxF. of the grandest and most handsomely furnished hotels in the world is the Hotel 
Brunswick, located at the corner of Boylston and Clarendon streets. Its location is one of the 
most desiraVile in the city, being near the most noted churches, the art museum, new public 
library, natural history rooms, and the school of technology. The hotel is conducted on both 

the American and European plans. 
It is essentially fire-proof, and cou- 
£ ■-, tains over three hundred and fifty 

'~ rooms. The cliambers are sup- 

/ plied with all the modern conven- 

iences; every apartment has hot 
and c(dd water and every suite a 
bath-room. It is provided with 
passenger elevators and every con- 
_." venience which modern science 

"^"^ h;is suggested for the comfort and 
'', pleasure of its guests. This hotel 

:-. has been the stopping place of 

•' many notable personages and is 

^f-,'/ one of the most popular hotels in 

the city. It is especially popular 
as a home for the fanulies of 
many of the wealthy- business 
and jjrofessional men of Boston, 
aiul was the hotel at which the 
Dukes of Argyle and Sutherland 
stopped when visiting in this coun- 
try several years ago. The cuisine 
is unsurpassed, and every appointment is as near perfection as is possible. The proprietors 
are Barnes & Dunklee, 'Herbert H. Barnes being the manager. The hotel was built in 1874, 
and cost nearly a million dollars. It is elegantly and elaborately furnished throughout. 

The erection of many of the largest and handsomest of the p\d)lic buildings, as well as 
many of the great office and mercantile structures in this section, has been most satisfactorily 
accomplished by the firm of Woodbury & Leighton, who are without doubt one of the 
largest and most successful firms of contractors in ;N"ew England. They make a specialty 
of the largest work, such as ]iublii' libraries, school buildings, court houses, and the more 
costly private residences, and have facilities for completing tlie work from foundation to 
finish, doing the masonry as well as the carpenter and other work. Their offices in the 









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HOTEL BRUNSWICK. 



A UVEKT1SE31EXXS. 




The Pouiers Regulator Co. 

A/^AMUFACTUFgEe6 ^ 

AiTOMATic Temperature ControllingApparatus 



ADAPTABLE TO ALL SYSTEMS OF HEATING. 

45 Oliver Street, BOSTON. 

ST. LOUIS. CHICAGO. LOUISVILLE. 



THos. H. Mcdonald & co., 

Plunibersi Sanitary Engineers 

Gasfitting, Ventilation and Drainage 

A SI'K< lAI.TY. 

1644 Washington Street, 

BOSTON, MASS. 



Second Store from 
Concord Street, 



Residence, 4 Highland Park. Boston Highlands. 

Geo. a. Hevwood. I'- ^ Lamb, 

B. F. Lamb & Co., 

Lumber * * 
. Merchants, 

130 STATE ST.. BOSTON. 



C. W. FLEMMING, 

Carpenter and Bailder, 

JOBBING OF ALL KINDS. 
136 West 7th St., SOUTH BOSTON. 



All orders promptly attended to. 



DANIEL Q. FINNERTY, 

plumber 

AND 

SANITARY ENGINEER. 

DRAINAGE and VENTILATION. 

Nos. 478 Boylston St. and 25 Charles St., 
B0ST03Sr. 

Telephone Connet'tion. 




JAA\ES FLYNN, 

ARCHITECTURAL IRON WORKS. 

Flynn's ^^i^il*^ Fire Escape Ladder. 

Iron Buildings and Bridges, Iron Beams and Columns, Iron 

Stairs, Jail Work, Railings, Fences, Finials and Crestings. 
All Kinds of Buililers' Iron Work. Blaoksniitli Work and .lol>l>iiii;. 



YORK METAL LATH. 

76 Sudbury Street, 

Telephone Hayiuarket 554. 



BOSTON. 



378 A HALF CEXTL'RY OF BOSTOn's BUILDIXG. 

Master Builders' Association Iniilding, at IGfi Devonshire street, are fitted up in the best of 
shape for the transaction of their large and constantly increasing business. Here they have 
facilities for making estimates and working out the details for new buildings. 

Home of the large public and mercantile buildings erected by them are: Boston Public 
Library. Coplej- S(iuare; Elliot Congregational Church, at Newton ; Saint Stephen's Church, 
at Lynn ; S;iint I'aul's Church, at Concord, X. H. ; Boylston Market Association building, at the 
corner of Washington and Boylston streets ; Brown, Durrell building, Kingston and Essex 
streets ; the Farlow liuilding on State street, and the Carter building on Washington, Water 
and Devonshire streets. - 

They were also the builders of the Bowdoin Square Theatre, a number of the elegant 
residences in the IJack Bay district, and are now constructing a handsome store and office 
building at the corner of Tremont and Winter streets. They are always ^ileased to furnish 
estimates for constructing buildings of any sort. 

Amox*; the firms engaged in the different branches of the building business in Boston and 
New England none, as general contractors and builders, are more widely known than 
W. H. Keyes & Company, who do a general contracting and building business, and who have 
erected a great number of large private and public buildings in this city and vicinity. 
They have had numv years of practical experience in their trade and have always been 
identified with the building interests. The building trade has been very good for several 
years past, and this firm have been doing a constantly increasing business ever since they were 
first established; gaining, also, in their reputation as skillful and conscientious workmen, 
fulfilling all their contracts to the entire satisfaction of all interested parties. They have an 
otfice at 17 Otis street, where they can be consulted at all times and where they are prepared 
to give estimates for all kinds of buildings. 

No subject in connection with the erection and e(pupment of school, college, and other 
public buildings, is receiving more attention at the present time than that of warming, 
ventilating, ami sanitarj- requirements. Upon these, more than upon anything else, depends 
the health and comfort of those who are obliged to spend a considerable portion of their time 
in the rooms of these buildings. Great progress has been made in the methods and apparatus 
for securing the best results in these respects, and in the erection and equipment of new 
buildings the matter is given most careful consideration. In fact so important is it that in 
most st;ites there are stringent laws in reference to the ventilation and sanitary arrangement 
of buildings to be constructed for public occupancy. With the large number of ".systems" 
now on the market, eacli one claiming to produce the most perfect results, it is not always an 
easy matter to select the one which will give the best satisfaction under all conditions. It 
is, however, safe as well as wise to give preference to those which have the endorsement of the 
best authorities on the subject, and which have stood the test in actual practice for a number 
of years. Among those who have been most successful in meeting modern requirements in 
the warming, ventilation, and sanitary appliances for public buildings, none have a better 
repiitation tlian the Fuller lS; Warren Warming and Ventilating Company, with main offices 
at Troy, New York, and 4." Milk street, Boston ; and associate offices in New York, 
Baltimore, Pittsburg, Chicago, and Amherst, Nova Scotia. They have equipped many public 



ADVERTISEMENTS. 



379 





EUROPEAN PLAN. 



Cor. Beach Street and Harrison Ave., 
BOSTON. 



Nicely Furnished Rooms by tlie Day or Weel[, 



WINES AND LIQUORS. 



F. L. RoBElNS, Proprietor. 



E. F. Gn.MAN, Manager. 



CHAS. D. DENSMORE & CO., 

Dealers in 

Doors, U/ii^dovus 

. ar)d Bli9d5, 

183 BLACKSTONE ST., 

BOSTON, MASS. 

EDWIN FORD and 
FRED'K BROOKS . 



Glass Mosaics, 
Stained Glass. 



Walker Building, 



no Boylston St., DUo 1 UIn, 



WM. D. MORRISON, 

GENERAL AND 

House Painting Glazing, 

208 WASHINGTON ST., near the Bridge, 
BROOKLINE, MASS. 

Orders left at shop, or by mail, promptly attended to. 

O'NEIL & SONS, 

pliJmbi9(§!i||^ardu;a^(?, 

1391 DORCHESTER AVENUE, 

FIELD'S CORNER. 

Charles F. Roberts, 

Carpenter^ Builder, 

WIRE DOOR AND WINDOW SCREENS 

Made to Order and Repaired. 

5 East Springfield St. and II Dudley St., 

Near Washington St., BOSTON. 

Falconer Manufacturing Co., 

Manufacturers of 

lQea9des(:eot lamp$ ■:-^ >y- 
* iiiB Camp SoeKets. 



OFFICE : 

17 Wendell Street. 
BOSTON, 



FACTORY : 

/ Hartford Street. 
MASS. 



380 A HALF CEXTURV OF BOSTON'S BriLliI\(i. 

as well as private buildings all over the country with tlieir system for heating and ventilating 
and sanitary arrangements, and in every case they have given the best of satisfaction. Their 
system has l)een reduced to a scientific basis and every possible requirement provided for. 
These facts liave become so well known and established tliat tlie company is given the 
jireference by the best authorities when consulted upon the matter. This company is always 
ready to supply estimates, make plans, and give any other intorniation upon the subject of 
warming, ventilating, or sanitary arrangements, having in its emploj^ some of the most expert 
and experienced engineers, who have made a specialtj- of tliese jiarticular subjects. Those 
desiring to consult them can address the company at any of its offices as mentioned above and 
prompt attention will be given them. 

E. Estabkook's Sons are the proprietors of tlie old and well-known City Iron Foundry, 
nuinufacturHrs of machinery castings of all kinds, boiler and building castings, soil pipe and 
fittings, and dealers in plumbers' supplies, earthen ware, brass work, copper and iron boilers, 
batli tubs, etc., etc. Tlie works are located at the corner of First and C streets, South Boston, 
and are very extensive, being e(piipped witli all the latest and most improved modern 
appliances for doing first-class work in their line. They have a very extensive trade all over 
New England in plumbers' supjilies, and have a very liigh reiiutation for the superior qualitj' 
and workmansliip in all their goods. They have furnished a very large amount of plumbers' 
supplies for building purposes to the trade in this city, and in this line they carry a large stock, 
and are prepared to make to order any special design required, on short notice. The mem- 
bers of the firm are E. L., G. L. and F. Estabrook, who give tlieir personal attention to every 
detail of the work. They are all men of practical experience in the business. 

The HYfiiENic Refrioerators, manufactured by the Hygienic Refrigerator Company, 35 
Hanover street, have been before the public for more than two years, and during that time 
have met witli unqualified favor and have been highly commended and approved by all who 
have seen or used them. The}' are constructed upon the best of scientific principles, and their 
operation has proven them to be far superior to anj-thing in the line of refrigerators j'et 
produced. Each compartment of the refrigerator is separate and all removable, thus allowing 
the thorough cleansing of the whole, keeping every part sweet and perfectly clean. The 
consumption of ice is materially lessened, and it is therefore much more economical. They 
are perfectly insulated, and the system for circulating the cold air is such that the very best 
results are secured. They are thoroughly and carefully constructed in every part. The 
company furnish catalogues and prices, together with any other desired information, on 
application. 

Isaac Klaik & Company, the well-known building movers, whose ofiiee and yard are at 
444 Harrison avenue, have done a very extensive business in the line of moving buildings and 
similar work. Tliey have had many years of experience in this particular line and have all 
the necessary facilities for doing the work quickly and safely. Tlieir business includes the 
raising and moving of buildings, raising of roofs, also the moving and placing in position 
boilers and otlier heavy machinery. They have special ec[uipnients for doing this class of 
work. Tliis company have done a very large business in this city witliin the past few years, 
and the demand for their services is constantly increasing. They are always pleased to give 
estimates and to make contracts for work in their line. 



ADVEKTISKMENTS. 38] 



5^ BRENNAN & CO.. 






j MASONS AND 
i BUILDERS. 



*•« 






General Contractors. 



179 Cambridge Street, 17 Otis Street, 

BOSTON, MASS. 



382 A HALF CEXTURY OF B0STOS"s KUILDIXG. 

OxE of the leading lirms dealing in all kinds of masons' supplies, lime, cement, drain pipe, 
etc., is that of Berry & Ferguson, wlio have been established in the business since 1885, 
liaving their large yards and storehouses at 37 to 45 Medford street, Charlestown. This firm 
are iSTew England agents for Standard Akron Sewer Pipe and make shipments in car-load lots 
direct from works ; also carry at their wharf a large stock of all sizes of these goods, from 
wliich they are prepared to till all orders proniiatly and in any quantity. They are also large 
importers of German and English Portland Cements, receiving shipments at steamship docks 
in Boston, from ^\•llich they can supply the trade at lowest prices. 

The firm have an extensive trade all over New England and their business is constantly 
increasing, as they carry the largest line and best quality of everything which they handle and 
have the facilities for supplying the trade promptly. Among some of the buildings which 
have been supplied witli materials by them are the new State House Extension, Tremont 
building, Worthington building, Ames building, City Hospital, the new ^McLean Asylum 
buildings at Waverley, the Somerville, Brookline, and Medford high school buildings, and many 
others. The firm is thoroughly reliable and has a splendid reputation for honorable dealing. 
Handling materials in such large quantities they are able to sell at very low prices. This, 
together with their established reputation for promptness and the quality of the goods dealt in, 
has been the means of increasing their business until they now do the largest business of any 
concern in the city in their line. 

Among tlie many materials in use tor sheathing or deadening, tliere is none wliich gives 
better and more satisfactory results than Cabot's Sheathing •' Quilt '', manufactured and for 
sale by Samuel Cabot, 70 Kilby street. (.)ne layer of this is equal to six layers of rosin-sized 
paper and better than three of the best wool felt for sheathing or deadening, and it costs less 
than a cent a foot. Mr. Cabot is always pleased to furnish samples of tlie goods and give 
any desired information tliat may be required. 

The Barbour-Stockwell Companv, large iron founders and machinists, located in 
Cambridge, have been in business since 1882, and are now (me of the largest concerns of tlie 
kind in this vicinity. Tliey have a very large plant, thoroughly equipped with all tlie latest 
and most improved machinery and apjiliances for doing all kinds of iron work, making a 
specialty of builders' cast-iron materials. They have furnished the iron structural material 
for a great many of the large buildings in this city, including the Fisk, Proctor, Devonshire, 
and Tremont buildings. Their facilities are such that they can fill orders for this kind of 
materials very promptly, and their trade is constantly increasing. Their machine shop is one 
of the best equipped in Xew England, and a large force of skilled mechanics are constantly 
employed to fill the orders for their supplies which come from all parts of New England. 

The Amerii ax Fire-i-roofixi; Coiii'.\xv, 166 Devonshire street, are the sole owners and 
manufacturers of J. G. Merrill's " Salamander" fire-proof composition, for use in building. It 
is considered to be one of the very best materials for the purpose manufactured, and is highly 
endorsed by the building trade everywhere. It is used as a lining between floors, and upon 
walls, ceilings, elevators, and light shafts, boiler rooms, doors, shutters, etc. It is air, dust, and 
vermin proof, and is also a sound deadener. The comjiany have the facilities for manufactur- 
ing the goods in large quantities and their brisiness is constantly increasing, orders being 



ADVERTISEMEXTS. 



383 






D.Warren DeRosay 



Ijjai J^_/ 



STEAM BRICK MANUFACTURER. 

iC&MBH ID,G£ .,M M^ 

Ofl&ce and Works : 

62, 64, 66 Dublin Street, Cambridge, 

Telephone 532-4 Cambridge. 

B05T0r( OFFICE, 17 OTIS 5TREET. 

Boston Telephone 1392. 



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PA^l^ 



ANQU5 CRAWFORD, 



CARPENTER 



BUILDER, 



AND DEALER IN 



REAL ESTATE, 



ALMONT STREET, 



MATTAPAN. 



WILLIAM BASSETT 



REAL 

ESTATE 

DEALER, 



39 Dundee Street, 



BOSTON. 



384 A HALF CEXTTRY OF BOSTON'S BUILDIXG. 

received from all over the country. Any information desired can be obtained by applying to 
the office, where W. D. Lombard, the efficient general manager, is always pleased to meet those 
in want of anything in this line. 

The following architects, owners, and builders have used the " Salamander " fire-proof 
composition for buildings : — 

Boston & Maine K. E. Station. 
John Hancock Life Ins. Co. 
Apartment Houses, Chambers St. 
W. D. Vinal's Dwellings, Beacon St. 
L.M. Merrill's Dwellings, Commonwealth Ave. 
L. L. Fuller's Apartments, St. Botolph St. 
Town of Wakefield High School. 
Leno.x Shoe Factory, Lynn. 
T. L. Connolly's Apartment Houses, Reed St. 
J. Eennison & Co."s Elevator Shaft, Hanover 
St. 



J. B. May's Stable, Tremont & Apjjleton Sts. 

Apartment Houses, Tremont & Parker Sts. 

Apartment Houses, Humboldt St. 

Apartment Houses and Stores, Charter St. 

J. Eoessle's Stores, 597 Washington St. 

Apartment Houses, 75 to 70 Eoxbury St., 
T. T. Maguire. 

Addition E. H. White & Co.'s Store, Wash- 
ington St., J. Wm. Beal, Arcliiteet. 

Spaulding's Hotel, Brockton. 

And many others. 



The Xortox Ikdx Compaxy, with office and works at East Everett, are thoroughly 
equipped for furnishing and erecting all kinds of steel structures and architectural iron work. 

The massive steel structure of the Devonshire building, the Exchange Club building, and 
other prominent buildings in Boston and vicinity, have been framed entire at the works of this 
compan}'. 

They have also furnished and erected some of the finest ornamental iron work in Boston 
and throughout New England. The ornamental grilles, elevator fronts, balustrades, etc., in the 
Ames building. Youth's Companion building. Chamber of Commerce, Exchange Club building, 
and numerous other buildings, are good examides of the character and quality of their work. 

Connected with their plant the company has an electro-plating department of large cajiacity, 
so that all kinds of bronze and copjier plating, oxidizing, etc., can be furnished promptly. Tlie 
company makes a specialty of bronze grilles, elevator work, etc. 

Designs for all classes of steel structures, bridges, roof trusses, etc., are cheerfully furnislied 
upon application. 

( »XE of the largest contracting and building firms in the city is that of the McXeil 
lirothers, who have constructed a very large number of the most elegant and costly liuildings 
in this city, as well as niany in other jiarts of New England aiul New York. The Inisiness 
was established in ISOS, and the office of the firm is in the blaster Builders" Association 
building, at IGG Devonshire street. The following are among the most important buildings 
erected by this firm.- The elegant residem-es of William D. Sloane, John S. Barnes, Charles 
Larnier, and George H. Morgan, at Lenox, Mass.; residences of Cornelius Yanderbilt, F. W. 
Vanderbilt, Mrs. H. Mortimer Brooks, J. ]M. Fiske, H. H. Cook. AVilliam Gamewell, G. M. Hutton, 
and A. B. Emmons, at Newport, E. I.: the residences of Charles Francis Adams, H. C. 
Jackson, >Irs. H. Keyes, C. T. White, J. A. Beebe, Charles Head, H. H. Fay, Miss E. E. Sears, 
R. H. Wliite, and many others, in this city ; residences of J. S. Barnes, James A. Garland, and 
Charles Lanier, at New York. Among the mercantile and public buildings are the Hemenway, 







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I>KVii\SII11;K P.rU.DINC, COKXEK DEVOXSHIKE and state STIIEETS, NOW I'.E1X(: KKKi'TKll. 

liY PERMISSION BOSTON IIEHAI.I). 




HOMEOPATH 1 1 I US PENS ARV. 
UY I'EinilssKlX !!il-<TON HEIiAI.I). 




INIOX rOX(IKE(iATloNAL CHUKrH, COIAMBUS AVE. 

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ADVERTISKMENTS. 



;58o 



D. W. THOMAS, 



^eal listate lUeal<^r, 



39 Dundee Street, 



Residence, 19 Follen Street, 



BOSTON. 



ELMUS C. OLIVER, 



Practical '- Plumber 



GAS FITTER, 



7 MORRIS ST., NEAR BROADWAY, 



EVERETT. 



^-X-Xj ^J^OXe:K G-TT-^Se-A-iTTEETX). 



ESTIMATES FURNISHED ON ALL WORK. 



Park Square Hotel, 



European Plan, 



OPPOSITE PROVIDENCE DEPOT, 



Bcston. 



Nicely 
Furnished Rooms 



By the 
Day or Week. 



Q. W. BIXBY, Proprietor. 



WM. HUGHSON, 

CarpenteMBuilder, 

121 Eliot street. 



Remodeling and Jobbing a Specialty, 
f-irders will receive personal and prompt attention. 



FRANCIS VALLEE, 

(^arpe^ter a^d Builder, 

Special Attention given to Jobbing. 

Residence, 81 DUDLEY ST. 

liyf) HARRISON AVE., C .1. Dudley St., 
BOSTON HIGHLANDS. 



386 A HALF CENTURV OF BOSTOX's BUILDIXft. 

Chiekeriiig, Potter, Hunuewell, and E. H. White Imiklings, the Parker House, Boston Post 
Office and Sub-Treasury, Boston Eeal Estate Trust buihling. in this city, and a very large list 
of notable buildings in other cities. This firm is widely known as one of the most reliable 
and trustworthy, and has a very high reputation for the promptness with which all contracts 
are carried forward. Tlieir business has very largely increased in the past few years and 
they are now engaged on several large contracts. 

The business carried on l)y tlie well-known firm of S. L. Holt & Company, at 67 
Sudbury .street, was established in 1870, and has been one of tlie most successful business 
concerns in the line of steam machinery and motive power in tlie city. There have been a 
number of changes in the members of the firm, although Mr. Holt has always been at the head. 
E. G. Lamson was the partner at the time the business was established, but he sold his 
interest to John ]S". Coffin in 1872, and in 1873 Mr. Coffin sold his interest to 
S. G-. Jones. In 1875 Holt bought Jones' interest and continued the business alone 
until 1888. when lie admitted E. E. Bart as a partner. Five years later Holt bought Bart's 
interest and again continued alone until 1895, when he took D. M. Willard into partnership, 
and these constitute the firm at the present time. Mr. Holt is one of the best known and most 
reliable men in the business and has built up a splendid trade, having customers all over the 
United States and Canada. The firm deal in all kinds of steam machinery and motive 
power, both as manufacturers ami agents for some of the larger builders of machinery in their 
line. During the twenty-five years that the firm has been doing business it has sold an 
immense amount of nmchinery, furnishing the complete steam plants for a large number of 
manufacturing establishments in different parts of the country. With his long experience in 
the business Mr. Holt is thoroughly familiar with the requirements of the trade and carries a 
large stock of the very best machineiy, which lie is prepared to furnish at short notice. 

Among the contractors and manufacturers of apparatus for heating and ventilating 
buildings, there are none who have done a more extensive business in this line than Albert B. 
Franklin. 228 Franklin street, Boston. In addition to warming and ventilating apparatus 
he also does all kinds of sheet metal work. Mr. Franklin had the contract for the heating and 
ventilating apparatus for the new extension of the Massachusetts State House, and completed 
it to the entire satisfaction of those who liad the matter in charge, and tlie system is 
pronounced to be wonderfully perfect, both as to details and results obtained. 

In addition to the above work Mr. Franklin was also the successful contractor for the lieating 
and ventilating apparatus in tlie buildings for the State Asylum for Chronic Insane, which are 
located at Medfield, Massachusetts. Tliere are some twenty-four buildings in this contract, 
covering an area of fifty acres. He has also the contract for heating and ventilating the new 
hospital buildings at tlie Vermont State Insane Asylum, Waterlniry. Yerniont. 

While Mr. Franklin has been successful in securing some of the largest work ever let in the 
State of Massachusetts, the same care and attention is given to the heating and ventilating 
of all his work, wliieh includes all classes of buildings, among which may be mentioned the 
following : 

Norfolk County Court House, Dedham ; Middlesex County Probate C<mrt House, East 
C.unbridsre; Searles Scientific Building, Bowdoin College, Brunswick, Me.; Institute of 



ADVEKTISKMENTS. 



387 



J. B. WILSON, 

CARPENTER 

AND BUILDER. 

43 CHELSEA ST., w.n i 5. 

CHARLESTOWN. 

Peter A. Riley. 

-4- PLUMBERS- 



No. 8 Walnut Ave., 

Boston Highlands. 

All orders by postal card or otherwise promptly and 
personally attended to. All work warranted satisfac- 
tory. Draining and Ventilating a Specialty. 

Established 1S70. 

CHARLES WYLIE, 

Gairpcpter^u^ Builder, 

Remodeling of Stores and Buildings. 
Office Photographic Cameras, etc., 

Fixtures. Made and Repaired. 

Paperhaxgers' 33 PROVINCE ST., 
Straight-edges, Off School St., 

Board?, Horses, BOSTON. 

Scrapers, in Stock. Electric Power. 



R. J. Rodday & Co., 

Plumbers And 
>v<r Gas Fitters, 

138 HARRISON AVENUE, 
BOSTON, = = MASS. 



A. J. & A. Scott, 

Practical ^^ Plumbers, 

6 West Canton Street, 

BOSTON. 

Sprague & Nugent, 

Haymarket Square. 
>v. S I O- 3^ S ^K- 

/^duertisii}(? Si^i? (^o^traetors. 
Office and Marble Tablet Lettering 



J^ BrPECI-^LT-y. 



A. DOUGLASS, 

^airpep tgr _ 

AND 

159 Lenox Street, Boston. 
EDWARD DUGGAN, 

Plumber ^-^Jas Fitting, 

6 Linden Park St., 

ROXBURY, MASS. 



388 A HALF CEXTURT OF BOSTOn's BUILDIXG. 

Technology, Engineering Building; Worcester Academy, "Worcester; Eindge Public Library, 
Cambridge; Providence Athletic Club, Providence, R. I.; Oxford Club, Lynn; Allston Club. 
Allston ; Theta Delta Chi Club House, Tufts College ; Y. M. C. A. Building, Melrose ; Y. M. 
C. A. Building, Maiden ; Imperial Ottoman Bank, Constantinople, Turkey ; Central Turkey, 
College, Aintab, Turkej- ; Xorth China College, Tungcho, China; Stone Building, Boston; 
Fraklin Savings Bank. Boston; Watertown National Bank, Watertown ; Millers River 
National Bank, Athol ; "The Gables," Brookline; First Parish Church, Wakefield; Central 
Congregational Church, Newtonville ; Grove Hall Universalist Church, Dorchester; Saint 
Ann's Church and Rectory, Waterbury, Connecticut; North Avenue Congregational Church, 
Cambridge; Lynn Congregational Church, Lynn; Eoxbury Presbyterian Church, Eoxbury; 
Saint Mary's Home for the Aged, West Hartford, Connecticut; Pilgrim Church, Dorchester; 
Old Oxford Hotel, Fryeburg, Maine. 

Also the residences of Doctor F. W. Payne, Brookline; C. A. Coffin, Lynn; A. W. 
Beard, Lexington; D. B. Wesson, Springfield; Lester Leland, Boston; N. P. Jones, Melrose; 
Chester W. Kingsley, Cambridge ; D. W. Butler, \7oods Holl ; D. B. Flint, Commonwealth 
Avenue, Boston; Hon. S. C. Lawrence, Medford; Fiske Warren, Harvard; E. B. Holmes, 
Brookline; F. J. Bartlett, Maiden, and hundreds of others which space forbids us to name at 
this time. 

Among the nianj' school-houses which Mr. Franklin lias lieated and ventilated we may 
mention the following : 

Dillaway School, George Putnam School, Parker Street School, Hyde School, Joshua 
Bates School, Bowdoin Schuol, Winchell School, Bennett District School, Cushnian School, 
Everett School, Florence Street School, Shaw School, Hillside School, Austin Primary School, 
Morton Street School, all in the city of Boston; Maiden High School (new). Maiden; State 
Normal School, Farmington, Maine; State Normal School, New Haven, Connecticut; Winslow 
Street School, Worcester; Woodlawn School, Worcester ; Luther Y. Bell School, Somerville ; 
Wyman School, Winchester; Yinton Street School, Melrose; High School, Melrose; L^nion 
Street School Reading; High School, Reading; Gleason School, Medford; High School, 
Laconia, New Hampshire ; Parker School, Janmica Plain. 

Joseph H. Davis, who has an office at 17 Otis street, in the building of the Mechanics' 
Exchange, of wliich he is a member, is one of the best known and most thoroughly competent 
plasterers in the city. He is engaged to do the work on many of the large buildings of 
modern construction, and his business is increasing. Among some of the more notable 
buildings upon which he has been engaged are the English High and Latin School, one of the 
largest school buildings in the country; the handsome Mason building on Kilby street; the 
Boston Art and the Elj'siuin Club buildings, two very fine structures; Hotels Copley and 
Reynolds ; the new Union Station, and many others equally prominent. Mr. Davis has few 
equals as a workman, and the superior manner in wliich he does all work entrusted to him 
speaks very highly for his skill and trustworthiness. 

John a. Stp:tson and Herbert 0. Stetson, doing business under the firm name of A. M. 
Stetson & Co., are dealers in wood, coal and lumber, and masons" materials. They carry a 
very large stock of the above and have the facilities for filling all orders promptly. They 



ADVERTISEMENTS. 



389 



W. J. McLEAN, 

Carpenter ^ilB Builder, 

Coal Sheds, Elevators and Factories, 

Brick or Wooden Buildings. 



Jobbing promptly attended to on reasonable terms, 
in or out of town. 

Shop, lir MERRIMAC ST., 

Residence, 32 CONCORD AVE., Somerville, 

livi:. -^ n E IS nsr , 

Plurnber zipd 



Gais Fitter, 



Drainagfe and Ventilation a Specialty. 

NO. 208 DARTMOUTH ST., 

Near Hunlington Ave. BOSTON. 



Formerly with 1. N. Tucker. 



HENRY C. ALLEN, 

Cz^rpepter 

ziod Builder, 

WARREN ST. & HARRISON AY., 

BOSTON, MASS. 

Residence, 527 Massachusetts Avenue. 

Jobbing done with Neatness and Dispatch. 

J. B. WILLIAMS, 

66 Trinity Terrace, Copley Sq., Boston. 
HOUSE, STORE and OFFICE 

Paintingftand* Decorating, 

Furniture Cleaned and Polished. Graining, Glazing, 

Tinting, Coloring, Kalsomining, Whitening, Paper- 

Hanging, Whitewashing. Front Doors and 

Vestibules Cleaned and Polished. 

All the above executed with Neatness and Dispatch. 



ESTIMATES FURNISHED FOR ALL KINDS OF WORK. 



Successor to WIGHT & WASHBURN, 

W'liolesaie and Retail Dealers in 

EASTERN and WESTERN LUMBER. 

Maple Flooring- and Pine Roofing a Specialty. 

Particular attention paid to filling orders for Frames 
and other Dimension Lumber, in Cargo and Car Lots. 



OFFICE & YARD: 118 MALDEN ST., 



Member Master Builders' Association, 
166 DEVONSHIRE ST. 



BOSTON. 



J. <£ W. VAN M ALDER, 

4- painters, -r 

ESTIHATES FURNISHED 

For all kinds of Plain and Decorative Painting. ;; 

Orders for Sign Painting, Graining, Gilding and 
Paper Hanging promptly attended to. 

J. VAN MALDBR, WM. M. VAN MALDER, 

38 Harvard St., 7 Julian Street, 

DORCHESTER. RO.XBURV. 

41 Withlngton St., Dorchester, and 60 H'inslon St., Roxburf. 

JAMES C. SMITH, 

5LATE, Metal and * •*- 

.- ^C0nP051T10N RGDriNQ. 

113 WARREN ST., ROXBURY, 
93 ALBANY STREET, BOSTON. 

Copper Gutters and Conductors, also Cornices and 
Chimney Tops made and put up. 



Ventilators and Skylights. 

EDWAED E. WELLS, 

CARPENTER ■'^ * 

SHOP, NO. IS PITTS STREET. 

Residence, No. 34 West Ced.vr Street. 

BOSTON. 



AH orders for Jobbing, by mail or otherwise, promptly attended to. 



r>90 A HALF ( ENTfRY OF BOSTON'S BUILDING. 

Imsiness lias been estalilished since 1S3(>, and the firm is well known to the trade generally. 
They do a very extensive business, having enstoniers all over the ISfew England States. Their 
long experience in the business gives them many advantages, and they are always ui) to the 
times in everything in their line. They have furnished the material for a great many of the 
large buildings in this vicinity, and have a splendid reputation among the trade. Their office 
is at 44 Ivilby street, and their storehouses and yards are at Stetson's "Wharf, foot of I street, 
South Boston. 

William J. Sullivan, the well-known freestone contractor, 123 Swett street, has been 
established in business since 1880, and during that time has done a very large business in his 
special line, his trade not being limited to any one locality or section of the country. He 
makes a specialty of limestone and all kinds of sandstone, and is a contractor for building 
where this material is used. These materials are now used very extensively for building 
purposes, either for the main walls, trimmings, or for interior finish. Among some of the 
most notable of the modern buildings for which he has furnished the materials in his line are 
the International Trust, at the corner of Milk and Devonshire streets, one of the handsomest 
and most elaborate of the great office buildings in the city; the Registry of Deeds 
l)iulding in Cambridge, a solid and substantial structure, which is as near fire-proof in its 
construction as is possible ; the new Worthington building on State street, which is just being 
completed, and in wliich the .sandstone work shows to good advantage : the new Tremont 
Temple, the fac^ade of which is original in design, and in the construction of which large 
quantities of stone have been used; the Farlow, Ames, and E. H. "White & Company 
buildings, all of which are handsome and elaborately constructed buildings. These, however, 
are only a small part of the buildings which Mr. Sullivan has assisted in erecting and for 
which he has furnished -the stone work. He is always pleased to give estimates. 

The Boston Fire-proofing C'imi'axy, IfiO Devonshire street, are manufacturers of ^^lorous 
wares for floor arches, partitions, furring for outside walls, roofiug tiles, and covering for 
boilers. The requirements of modern building construction make the use of some kind of 
fire-proof materials an almost absolute necessity, and there has been a growing demand for the 
product of this company, whicli has a recognized standing among the building trades. The 
materials are all of the best possible construction to secure the results, and have been tested 
sufficiently to prove their reliability under all circumstances. This company has furnished the 
materials for a very large nundier of the modern structures in this city and have a very 
extensive trade all over the country. They have large factories at Eevere. where all tlieir 
goods are made, and which are kept constantly busy in supjjlying the demand. 

One of the largest firms in the city engaged in the production of building iron work, 
liaving a large and well-eciuipped foundry and machine shop for the purpose, is the firm of G. 
W. & F. Smith Iron Compau}-, whose works are located on Gerard, Farnham and Beading 
streets, Boston. This company do a general foundry and machine business, and manufacture 
all kinds of iron work for building purposes. They are members of the Master Builders' 
Association, and are well known to the building trade of the city. The works are among the 
largest in Xew England and a very extensive business is done. They have furnished the iron 
work for a lartje numl)er of the modern buildini's in this citv and vicinitv, including; Boston 



ADVERTISEMENTS. 



391 



A. B. EVANS & CO., 
Slate, Metal, » » 
AND Gravel RooFiNa 

Gutters and Conductors put up and Repaired. 

Ventilating, Shutter and Elevator Well Tinning. 

ToTD'bLM.gr ^romptl^T" -A-ttend.ed. to. 
Orders by Mail will receive prompt attention. 

19 FIVER STREET, Off Beacon St., 
Residence, 31 GREENWICH ST., Roxbury Wst. 

EDWARD AYLW A RD, 

PIzisterer, 

Whitening, Coloring and Wliitewashing 

PROMPTLY ATTENDED TO. 

10 CHELSEA ST., CHARLESTOWN. 



Lime, Sand, Mortar, Putty, Whitening and 
Plaster Paris for Sale. 

ROBINSON & CO., 

• PAINTING • 



78 W. SPRINGFIELD ST., 

B05T0ri. 

Plumber ^— ^ 

DEALER IN 

STOVES = RANGES = FURNACES, 

HARDWARE. TINWARE. 

Tin Roofing, etc., promptly attended to. 

360 CAMBRIDGE STREET, 
ALLSTON. 



ROBERT H. PICKETT, 
Cleaning 

■. AND . 

Pointing 



BRICK \A/'ALLS A SPECIALTY. 

Master Builders' Association, 

166 Devonsfiire Street, Boston, IMass. 
T. L. HICKEY <& CO., 

CARYINQ ANb AObELINQ 

Pafier-Mache 

London Putty and Pla5Ter. 

49 warehah street, 

BOSTON. 



F. W. STRICKLAND & CO,, 

CARPENTER5 

AMI 

BUILDER5^ 



Jobbing: of all kinds done in the best manner. 

Near Cor. 
Washington St. 

BOSTON. 



112 IDover Street, ^'" *=-'• 



H. H. Porter. 



A. H. McInnes. 



PORTER & McINNES, 

Carpenters and Builders, 

Particular attention paid to Jobbing'. 
119 NORTHAMPTON STREET, 

Cor. Washington St. BOSTON, MASS. 



392 



A HALF CENTURY OF BOSTON S BUILDING. 




Post Office, City Hall, New England Mutual Life Insurance Company, Hospit:il Life Insurance 
Compan_y. Etpiitable Building, Globe Building, Transcript Building. Herald Building, Boylstou 
Building. Keith's Theatre, HoUis Street Theatre, Jefferson Building, Mason Building, Concord 
State Prison. 

T. S. Bkow.v, carjienter ami Imililer, at 40 State street, has gained a high reputation by the 
high principles upwn which his business is conducted, doing none but first-class work and 
aiming to give satisfaction wherever he is emiiloyed. Mr. Jlrown has devoted his whole life to 

the trade for winch he seems specially well adapted, 
and has been in business as a contractor and builder 
since 1872, when he established hiiuself at the West 
End. Later he removed to a more desirable location : 
his business having greatly increa.sed meanwhile, 
owing to the enviable reputation which he estal)lished 
for doing the liest of work. In his present location 
he has steadily gained in the amount of business 
done. Anu)ng some of the buildings which he has 
erected are the Lockhart Ijlock on Causeway street, 
the Jlorse school-house on Canterbury street, the 
city school building on Genesee street, Hotel Hamp- 
ton, and the block of houses for Moses Williams on 
Battery street. Mr. Brown is a native of the state 
of Maine, is a member of the G. A. R., and also the 
F. and A. ]\I. ami lioyal Arcanum. 

The Norton Door Check ami Spring is acknowledged ti) be the best device yet 
introduced for closing doors automatically and without slamming or breaking the glass. It 
has Ijeen on the market several years and during that time the sales have been very large, the 
trade extending all over the world. It is a very simple device and can be readily attached to 
any style or size of swinging door. They are largely used by railroad companies for closing 
car doors, and almost every public building has them. Their use on doors in jaiblic buildings, 
and wherever doors are made with glass panels, is almost a necessity, as it not only keeps the 
door closed, but prevents any possibility of slamming and consequent breaking of the glass. 
Its construction is so simple and it is so well designed and put together that it does not 
readily get out of tirder or fail to woik. It is manufactured by the Norton Door Check 
and Spring Company, whose office is at 505 Sears building, corner of Washington and Court 
streets. The company has its agents in all the principal cities in America, also in Canada, 
Earo])e and the British Colonies. Catologues and prices will l)e furnished on application 
either to the company or any of its agencies. 

The firm of S. D. Hicks & Son was established in 1849 by Samuel D. Hicks, his son 
lieing taken into the firm a few years ago. The firm do a very large business in copper work 
(if all kinds, and nmnufacture copper and galvanized iron trimmings for building purposes. 
They have recently moved into a new and larger shop, provided with all the latest and most 
improved facilities for the prompt and satisfactory production of materials. Among some of 



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adv?;rtisi:ments. 



393 



Maverick House. 



last ^cst^n. 



A. B. FOSTER, /vVapRger. 




ALWAYS COOL. SITUATED NEAR the WATER. 

TRANSIENT ROOMS 

PER DAY $2.00. 75c. and upwards. 

Specla.! I^SLtes for FerTn a.3a.e3a.t ^oa.x^ers. 

D. J. FITZGERALD, 

piijn\t)er AND Sanitary E9(^i9eer, 
2692 Washington St., 

NEAR DALE ST. 



JOBBING PROMPTLY ATTENDED TO. 



Residence, 7 CHAD WICK ST., 
BOSTON. 



DAVID GUTROW, 

Carpenter and Builder, 



Jobbing of all kinds promptly attended to. 



RESIDENCE, 15 DKACTT ST., 



J. E. STANLEY, 

Practical # Plumber 

.i^xTD O-as IFitter. 
1875 Dorchester Ave., - - Ashmont. 



Estimates Furnished. Jobbing promptly attended to. 



Residence, 6 WRENTHAM ST. 



LEWIS C. WATT, 










No. 59 Leverett Street, 

BOSTON , MASS. 

AA . HAROLD, 

Plurnber \ GziS Fitter, 

Rear 20 LAORANOE ST., BOSTON. 

LATEST SANITARY DRAINAGE and VENTILATION 

A SPECIALTY. 



Jobbing promptly attended t(> Estimates furnished on application. 



Residence, 1615 WASHINGTON STREET. 



Arthur P. Olson, 

CARPENTER ^^ BUILDER, 

64 BrooKsid(^ |^u^F)d(^, 

JAMAICA PLAIN. 



394 A HALF CEXTntY OF BOSTON'S BUII-DIXG. 

the buildings for which they have supplied materials are the new State House extension ; 
Exchange building, State street ; New Court House, Pemberton square, and many public and 
private Ijuildings. Their trade extends all over New England. Their office and works are at 
9 to 17 Bowker street. 

EisKK, Humes & Company, KU Devonshire street, are engaged in the sale of the higher 
gi-ades of liuilding bricks, such as buff, gray, old gold, mottled, and other colors of front 
brick and terra cotta. They handh' tliese materials in large quantities, and have a large stock 
on hand at all times from whicli orders can be pu-omptlj- filled. Their business in these lines 
is very extensive and reaches all over New England. Tliey also deal in lime, cement, hair, 
plaster, and other building materials of this nature, which they are prepared to furnish in any 
quantity at sliort notice. They have done a very successful and constantly increasing 
business and arc well known to the building trade, among which they liave a very high 
leputation for square and honoraV)le dealing. 

The BosTdN Blue Bkixt Compaxv commenced business tliree years ago and soon worked 
up quite a trade, which has rapidly increased until it is now doing a very large business. It 
introduced electric light printing for use in dark and cloudy days; but after a trial it was 
discontinued by reason of its cost, and as a substitute a very sensitive jiaper was 
used on such da3"s. Jlany experiments were then made to produce a good black and 
white print, so mxich desired by engineers and surveyors. After a great many failures, 
and at great exjiense, success was at last achieved and now tliey are enjoying tlie 
fruits of their labor, having the greater part of the trade. The largest printing frame in the 
New England States, and perliaj)s in the country, has been i)ut into operation in order to keep 
up with the constant increase in their business. Their latest acquisition is the sole agency for 
the New England States for the jMackey Print Paper Company, of Pittsburgh, which is recog- 
nized as the largest inqiorting and manul'acturing concern of blue print paper and clotli, l)lack 
print paper, detail papier, and tracing cloth in the countr}'. The sujierior quality of these 
goods and the thorough reliability of this company has created such a denuind in New England 
that it was deemed advisable to open a depot for their supplies, and the offer was made to the 
Boston Blue Print Comjiany. who accepted, and now keep a large and complete stock of paper 
and cloth in all widths and all ol the first cpiality (no sccoiuls being kept or sold by them). 
With tlie V)est of facilities, best material to work with, combined with promptness and 
courteous treatment, tlie company is doing a large and constantly growing business. 

TiiK firm of William Lunib & Company is one of tlie oldest and licst-known in the 
plumbing business. Tlie members of the firm are William Lumb and William H. ^litchell, 
both practical men and well known to tlie trade, and members of the Master Plumbers' 
Association. Tliey have one of tlie best e(|uipped shopis in the city and do a very large 
business, paying especial attention to sanitary work, in which they have liad a long and 
practical experience. They have done some of the largest jobs of plumbing and have a very 
higli reputation for the th<iruugliiiess of their work and the skill with wliieh it is accomplished. 
Tiieir office and shop is located at 1(> Province street and 1 Province court. In addition to 
doing a general plumbing business they do a large amount of contract work and are always 
pleased to make plans and furnish estimates, both in jilumbing and hot-water heating, they 
being engaged also in the heating of liouses by hot water. 



ADVERTrSKMENTS. 



395 



FELICE J. PORTUNATO, 

Carpenter and 
Builder, -i- 

.-. No. 207 Blue Hill Avenue .-. 

:: MOUNT PLEASANT ;: 

WALTER 8TEDMAN, 

Carpenter^ Builder, 

12 CHERRY ST., wash^S^ro,, st. 
BOSTON. 



Jobbing of all kinds promptly attended to. 



J. A. SUTHERLAND, 

Carpenter and Bailder, 

63 BAKTLETT ST., Near Norfolk House, 
Boston Highlands. 



Particular attention given to Jobbing, Shafting, 
and setting up all kinds of Machinery. 



J. EDWIN SWAN, 

Successor to Charles Tileston, 

Plumbing:, -i' Gas Fitting-, 

steam ar^d jHot U/ater ^leatii}?, 

Furnaces, Ranges, Tin Plate and Sheet Iron Work. 

lUl WASHINGTON ST., Cor. River St. 

DORCHESTER L. M. 

Telephone, Jo-3 Milton. 



J. W. HANDY, 

Mason and Builder. 



Plastering, 
Concreting. 



Chimneys 
Repaired. 



All kinds of Jobbing done at short notice. 

OFFK E, HARVARD Si^UARE, 

BROOKLINE. 



JAMES H. HAYES, 

Sanitary Draipa^e ai^d l/(?9tilatio9. 

Gas Fitting, Globes, Burners atid Fixtures. 

793 Tremont Street, 

B0S'T'03>T. 

Particular attention given to House Drainage and Water Service. 



Tei.ei'Hone No. 122S. Establibbed 1S74. 

W. H. TREWORGY, 

MANUFACTURER Of 

HARDWOOD - LUHBER, 

Whitewood, Hickory, Walnut, Cherry, Maple, Ash, 

Oak, North Carolina Pine and Cypress, 

CAR AND CARGO LOTS. 

NO. 30 KILBY STREET, 

Represented by PJflctnn 

CHARLES C. RUGGLES. DUMUll. 



JAMES B. HAND, 

jHous?, 5199 9 Deeoratiue pai^ti^r. 
Giaining, Glazing, Whitening .tnd Coloring. 
WASHINGTON STREET, 
BROOKLINE. 



306 A HALF CKXXrEY OF BOSTON S BUILDIXG. 

Amoxm the luamifaeturers of plumliers' supplies who have huilt iiji an excellent trade in 
their line none have a better custom than C. W. Hodgdon, located at 104 High street. He is 
a manufacturer of brass specialties for plumbers' use, one of his specialties being the 
jiopular and welhknown Hodgdon Brass Pipe Hanger, whiidi he manufactures, and which is 
sold by all dealers in plumbers' supplies. In addition to his specialties he also gives special 
attention to plumbers' jobbing and nickel plating. He has the best of facilities for turning 
out hrst-class work, and has a ver)- high reputation for his products. In his advertisement on 
another i^age may be seen an illustration of the brass pipe hanger, which is one of the best on 
the market and is having a very large sale. 

J. A. Vi('K?:i:y iv: Sox, who are members of the ^Mechanics' Exchange, are among the well 
known carpenters and builders who have assisted in the building n\> of the city, and do a very 
extensive business. They are at the rooms of the Exchange, 17 Otis street, between 12 and 
1 r. M. each day, where they can be consulted, or may be addressed at their residence, 3 Sewall 
street, off Xeponset avenue, Dorchester. They have been in business for several years and 
have established a reputation for thoroughness and honesty in their transactions which has 
won for them the custom of a large number of the real estate owners, who emplciy them in 
the construction of buildings of all kinds. They are well ecpiipped for the business and have 
all the facilities for doing work promptly and m first-class shape, as is testified to in the many 
handsome buildings which they have erected within the past tew years. There is notliing in 
their line whiidi they are not thoroughly capable of doing, and they are always ready to 
submit plans and make estimates when called upon to do so. 

TriE firm of C. .V. Dodge & Company succeeded the firm of Vinal & Dodge iu ISSo, the 
Imsiness having been established in 1870 by Vinal & Dodge. The comjiany are dealers in 
building materials of all kinds, and in addition to this are also extensively engaged in 
contracting and building, furnishing the labor and materials, doing not only the wood work 
l)ut the masonry as well. The present members of the firm are C, A. Dodge and C. L. 
Williams, and the office is at 1G(> Devonshire street, with yards and shoj) at 1.'44 A street, 
South Boston. A large stock of building materials are always kept on hand, and builders are 
supplied at wholesale prices. Among some of the numerous buildings which they have 
erected and furnished the materials for are the Emerson Piano Factory, Kennedy & Clark's 
stable (one of the largest and best arranged stables in the citj-). Hotel Austerfield. the Boston 
Button Company's building, the great Atlas Storage Warehouses on Boston wharf, and a very 
large number (d' other erjually notable buildings in the city. They have never extended their 
trade outside of the city very much, as the local trade has given them a very liberal patronage. 
C)ne of the specialties which they handle is the P>uilders' Adjustable Staging, which is a great 
convenience and is now used by most of the larger builders. Jlr. Dodge has been connected with 
the building interests of Boston for a great many j-ears, and is well known and highly 
respected by every member of the trade and the business men in general. His partner, Mr. 
Williams, is also a welhknown business man and thoroughly acquainted with the needs and 
requirements of the trade which they supply. The facilities for handling orders are of the 
best, and promptness is one of the features of their dealings. The business has increased 
considerablj" within the jiast few years, and they now enjoj- one of the best trades in their 
line in the citv. 



ADVERTISEMENTS. 



397 



T. L. BARLOW, 







iUILDER, 

^9 Dracut Street, 




ASHMONT. 



|^ot U/atQr 

55 1-2 Sudbury Street, Boston, Mass. 

JACOB NAGEL, 

• AVASON • 

No. 16 MANSUR STREET, 
JAMAICA PLAIN. 



JOSEPH IMHOF, 



A\2isoo 2^pcl Builder, 

14 Armstrong Street, 



JAMAICA PLAIN. 



CLARK & SMITH, 

Manufacturers of 

Band Sawed 0. 

Mahogany Lumber. 

ALSO, DEALERS IN FOKEH.X AND DOMESTIC 

CABINET W2?D5 AND VENEEK5, 
COR. BEVERLY and TKAVERS STS., 

Boston.. 

D. N. PALMER, 

:e=> lu "cr 3x^ ^ E lE^ 

GAS FITTER, 

483 TREMOXT ST., Near Dover St. 
Drainage and Ventilation a Specialty. 

Telephone, Tremont 1102. 

JOHN EDGEKTON, 
piu/T)ber arjd Qas pitter, 

Jobbing promptly attended to. 

Particular attention given to Drainage and Ventilation. 

187 1-2 Centre St., 

BOSTON. 



SstLmsLtes F\3.r2ilsli.e5.. 



308 A HALF rEXTUEY OF BOSTON'S BUILDIXO. 

Ix coniier-tion witli tlie luiilding up of Boston, especially the moilern structures in the 
constru<?tion of wliieh large amounts of steel and iron have been used, mention should be made 
of the firms whifh have furnished this material. The New Jersey Steel and] Iron Company, 
the individual members of which are Abram S. Hewett and Ed ward Cooper, with large rolling- 
mills at Trenton, New Jersej', have been largely represented in the buildings in Boston. 
Their mills are among the largest for manufacturing structural iron and steel, for buildings, 
bridges, etc.. m the countrj^ and the product is enormous. The material is of the 
very best quality and especially adapted for the above purposes, as it is made 
with special reference to this class of work, and great pains is taken to have it up 
to the best standard. They make iron and steel beams, girders, etc., are engineers and 
manufacturers of and contractors for building bridges, roofs, and other iron and steel con- 
struction, furnishing plans and estimates for the same. They have a very extensive business 
all over the country, and furnisheil the material and constructed the Endicott building in Saint 
I'aul, Minnesota, one of the large modern buildings of that great city ; also the Cooper Union, 
in New York, noted everywhere for its size and synrmetrieal projjortions, and the iron and steel 
work for the elevated railroad in New York and Ihooklyn. Among the buildings in this city 
in which their material has been used are the famous Trejnont Temple, now in process of 
erection, the Lincoln building, the handsome addition to E. H. White & Co"s. store, and many 
others. Tliey also furnish and put in place the Metropolitan tire-proof floors whiih are so 
largely used in New Yoi-k and other large cities. In Boston these floors were put in the 
Lincoln building and several apartment houses. 

Theke is a growing demand throughout the country for better protection, especially in the 
smaller villages and outlying districts beyond the reach and i^rotection of the city fire 
department. The insurance companies are growing more jiavticular about taking risks in 
these districts, except at exorbitant rates, and this has led to the adoption of fire extinguishers 
of one kind or another, either by the town authorities or by property owners. In many cases 
there is not a suflicient supply of water in these districts to make a steam fire-engine 
available, even if it could be att'orded, so that some form of an extinguisher using a chemical 
pre])aration re(juiring but a small quantity of water is adopted. For this purpose the 
•' Emergency '" Multiple Fire Monitor, Portable Fire Tank, and Hand Fire Extinguishers, 
manufactured by the Emergency Fire Extinguisher Company of Manchester, New Hampshire, 
witli a Boston office at 53 Sudbury street, luive jiroved to be a complete fire department at 
small cost, unequalled in efficiency, and designed for protecting villages, hotels, steamboat 
wharves, freight depots, public buildings, factories, stock farms, racing stables, isolated 
Imildings and dwellings, where the water supply is necessarily limited. In fact, all buildings 
equipped with the hand extinguishers are safer, because they are on the spot and are 
immediately available upon the breaking out of fire, and j'ast experience demonstrates fully 
their efficiency. 

These devices for [jrotection against fire are the result of a very careful and in-actical 
scientific combination of chemicals in convenient portable tanks especially designed for the 
purpose and which have demonstrated their usefulness and efficiency in a great number of 
cases, where they have been the means of saving valuable property that would have otherwise 
been a total loss. Over thirty thousand of these Emergency Hand Fire Extinguishers have 



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ADVERTISEMENTS. 



399 



W. F. Webster Cement Co. 



Manufacturers of 



Webster's Original Elastic Cement, 



For Bedding Slates, Pointing Stone, 

Wood, Iron, and Repairing Leaky 

Roofs and Cliimneys. 

FACTORY : ALBANY STKEP^T, 

CAMBRIDGEPORT, - - MASS. 



(_;eo. H. Smith. 



\V. A. Tower. 



SMITH & TOWER, 



f ROOFERS 4 



Slate, Tin, Copper and Composition Roofs Applied 
and Repaired. 

Office, 112 Northampton St., 

BOSTON. 
CHARLES BRACELIN. 

Carpenter and Builder, 

Repairs of all kinds executed promptly. 
FURNITURE REPilltliD. JOBBIMi OF .4LI; KINDS. 

201 MASSACHUSETTS AYE., 

f)pp. Caledonia St.. Baclc Bay, 

BOSTON, - - MASS. 

Seaboard EiUiviber So., 

FAIRFORD RIFT FLOORING. 



MANUFACTURERS OF 



Exchange Building, STATE ST. 



IB O S T O 2;T. 



Main Office, 
12 Broadway, New York. 



Yard, 
Charlestown, Mass. 



C. W. RODLIFF, Manager Boston Branch. 



J. J. HILL & CO., 

CABINET MAKERS, 



MANUFACTURRRS OF 



Wood nantels. Custom Furniture. 

Bank, Store and Office Fitting. 

Interior Finish. 

•i6 k 30 THAYER ST., BOSTON. 



D. L. REARDON, 

Plumbing I stoves i Tinware. 

35^ Broadway, 

50. BOSTON. 

S. A. RICE. 

CARPENTER ^^ ^^ 

Jobbing and Repairing of all kinds. 
Store Fittings. Furniture Repaired. 



Residence, 93 FAYERWEATHER ST., 

Shop, Church St.. - Cambridge, Mass. 



WM. BALMER'S NEW BLOCK. 



JAMES J. LOGAN, 

Plumbers Gas Fitter, 

203 HAMPDEN ST., 

BOSTON. 



Latest Sanitary Drainage & Ventilation a Specialty. 



400 



A HALF CENTUKy OK BOSTON S BUILIUXC. 



been sold in Xew England witliin twelve mouths, and in that time one Imndred and forty- 
three actual tires have been subdued by their use. This sjjeaks very higlily for the apparatus 
and is an excellent recommendation for their general adoption by villages and towns that have 
no other means of fighting a conflagration, which is liable at any time to break out and destroy 
property where its loss will be most keenly felt. Not only this, but wherever such protection 
is afforded the rates of insurance are invarialdy made lower. The different styles of 
apparatus are made with special reference to use where regular fire department apparatus is 
not at hand. 1'hey are also made in different sizes, according to the use to which they are to 
b? put. The Hand Extinguishers are of two sizes; the Factory, which sells at .f2 each, and 
the Cottage at f 1. The Portable Fire Tank, which is arranged to be readily carried about, 
sells at #Go, and the Emergency Multijjle Fire Monitor, wdiich is arranged on wheels so that it 
can be drawn about l)y hand, sells at $400. The conip)any are always pleased to demonstrate 
the efficiency and value of their apparatus, and to give any and all information desired. 
Towns looking for the most economical, efficient and satisfactory apparatus should correspond 
with this company. 

Thk Hollis iStreet Theatre, which occujiies the historic spot where 
the old chirrch by the same name stood for so many years, is one 
of the most deservedly jiopular theatres in the city. Located well 
up-town. it is ])atronized by the very best class of people, and the 
attractions are always the best that can be had. The proprietor 
and manager, Isaac B. Eich, is one of the best known and most 
popular men in the business. He has made the Hollis a jiopular 
resort and the most successful of all high-class places of amuse- 
ment in the city, playing only the representative combinations of 
America and Eiirdpe. The coming season at this house — 1895-6 — 
promises to be ahead of any that have preceded it in the number of 
well-known attractions. Everything will be done to keep up the 
high reputation whiidi this theatre has gained since it was opened 
tij the public. 

The Bay State Biiuic Comi-axy, a corporation having its office 
at Smith building, 1;") Court square, and operating brick yards in 
C.'ambridge and Medford, is one of the largest, if not the largest, 
maiuifactories of this immensely necessarj' supply for biuhlers. 
Established in 1.SG3, the progress of the company has been steadily 
forward, until to-day their annual capacity amounts to sixty million. 
They have unequalled facilities for handling the largest jobs and have constantly kept abreast 
of all improvements in methods of manufacture and are using to-day the best machinery 
anywhere obtainable. The result is a superior quality of brick, which they are able 
to supply at a most reasonable price owing to the immense volume of their business. Their 
business reputation is of the highest, and their customers are sure of prompt delivery, full 
count, and entire value for their money. 

So largely have the bricks manufactured by this company (jbtained possession of the 
market, that it would be difficult to mention a single building of importance in Boston into the 




H<ILL1S sTitKirr THEATin:. 



A DVERTI SK.MEJJTS. 



401 




THE O NLY AU GE R THAT M AKES ^ SQUARE HOLE. 
MORTISE, OR GAIN BY A ROTARY MOTION 



THE ONLY AUGER THAT BORES OUT THE WOOD 



AT ONE OPERATION, LEAVING CLEAN-CUT 
CORNERS. 



It can be Iiistaiitlv Chanced t(» a Kouiid Aiis>er. 



Every Contractor should see our Hand Boring Machine. 
PEARL SQUARE AUGER MFG. CO., 

24 Kingston Street, BOSTON, MASS., U. S. A. Factory, Rocliester, N. H. 



W. J. HAYWARD, 

MasonandContractor. 



STONE & BRICK WORK. 



CONCRETINQ AND GRADING. 



Jones Avenue, 



JOSEPH J, PICKETT, 

pointer and (^leaner of A^asonry, 

BOX 194, 

Ma.'-ter Builders' Ass'n Rijoms, 

166 DEVONSHIRE ST., 

BOSTON. 

Residence, 2 i Western Ave., Cambridgeport. 



Dorcliester. 



J. T. PHELAN, 

5a9i(:ary plumber, 

1 7 Brattle Square, 

CAMBRIDGE. 

TESTING OF SOIL and DRAIN PIPES 

By Patented Process. 



402 A HALF CENTURY OF BOSTOX's BIILDIXG. 

construction of wliicli tliey liave not gone, and their trade stretches out int(.i all the surround- 
ina; territory. 

They have facilities for manufacturing brick of all .sizes and descriptions, but in all kinds 
nianufa<'ture only the highest grade of goods. They are too well known to all Boston builders 
to need any especial recommendation, and it is a sufficient guarantee of the excellence of the 
materials to be used in any building if the contractor agrees to use the Bay State bricks. 

The welbknown firm of Carpenter- Morton Co., dealers in paints, oils and varnishes, has 
a history extending over fift3--five years. Tt was founded in 1840 by Eleazar F. Pratt. In 
184,'-) it became Pratt & Eogers ; in 184(j, Pratt, Rogers & Co.; in 1849, Banker, Crocker & Co.; 
in 1852, Banker & Carpenter ; and in 18()o, Carpenter, Woodward & Morton. In 1892 it 
was incorjiorated undin- the laws of Massachusetts, with a capital of flOOjOOO. George 0. 
Carpenter becoming the president, John D. Morton, treasurer, and these, with Frederic H. 
Newton, Edwin A. Kogers, and George C. Morton, directors. The business of the house was 
begun at ~> Broad street. l>ut in the following year it was removeil to 107 and 109 State street, 
where it remained for about tliirty years. In August, 1861, the building was destroyed by 
fire, but a new building was immediately erecte<l on the same sjiot and the business continued 
almost without interruption. In 1871 the entire business was removed to the factory, which 
was located in Clinton street; but tlie offices only remained here until 1877, when they were 
again removed to their present commodious quarters at 151 Milk street. This company has 
come safely thrcaigli the many financial jianics and other business depressions and has always 
maintained a clear financial record. ]\Iany of the customers which began with the firm when 
it started have continued with it up to the present time, which is a pretty good guarantee of 
square a.iul honorable dealing. !Mr. Carpenter has lieen witli the firm for forty-eight j-ears and 
Mr. Morton thirty-six years, and both men are. and always have been, closely identified with 
the business interests of the city, and have held many responsible and lionorable jiositions in 
the associations connected with the trade which they represent. Tlie otlier members of the 
company are all men who have grown up with the firm and are tlujroughly familiar with all the 
details of the trade. 

Thk Sjiith Dksic Comvaxv, 51 and 53 Cornhill, are extensive nn\nfacturers of roll-top 
desks, Itank and office furniture, and first-idass cabinet work of all kinds. The business was 
established in 1S30, and the concern has always maintained a reputation for doing the very 
best of work. M'ith a large factory at 101 to 10.'! Canton street, fitted up with every appliance 
for doing cabinet work in all its l)ranclies, and with a force of skilled workmen employed, this 
company offer the liest of everything in their line. They make a specialty of roll-top 
desks, of which they were the originators, and which they have been building for more than 
twenty years ; and these have been sold to the best class of trade in every state in the Union, 
and in the principal cities of Europe, East and ^A'est Indies, Australia and Sandwich Islands, 
and wherever they liave gone the universal report is tliat they are unsurpassed either in design, 
or (pialit}' of material and workmanship. In addition to the desk business the company is 
extensively engaged in tlie manufacture and sale of office furniture of all kinds, made from 
the very best of materials by skilled and experienced workmen, either made to order or in 
stock. The company is always pleased to make plans and estimates for the complete furnish- 



ADVKRTISKMKNTS. 



403 



M. Mcpherson, 



^^rpepter 



m 



Boilcler, 



1 Kehney Street, 



ROXBURY. 

W. LOCK HART <£ CO, 

<?arpei>ter5^ Builders, 

Particular attention paid to Fitting up Stores, 
Offices and Counting: Rooms. 



Case Work of all kinds. Office Furniture Made and Repaired. 



18 HARVARD PLACE, u no«r. BOSTON. 

Opposite Old South Church. 



MILTON F. REYNOLDS, 

Cop tractor 

_anci Builder, 



BROOKLIME, 



f^f\SS. 



Robert Mackenzie, 
Plurnber 2ir?cl 

^fc. — Ga^s Fitter. 

Sperial Attontinn irivcii lo Hmise Urninapc jmhI Ventilation. 

201 Massachusetts Ave., opp. Caledonia St., 
Back Bay, BOSTON, MASS. 

Ord-ers prcixi.ptl3r a.ttei5.3.ed. to- 

Fales Combustion Co. 

Manufacturers of 

Qast IroQ ar^d $iee\ 
\l}ar[r\ pir ai^d Qombir^atioi} |H(?ater5. 
5i Charlestown St. 

E. R. GREGORY.' 

CarpenterMBuilder, 

75 West Dedham St., 

Up one i-liciit, Room 2. BOSTON. 

A. W. FORREST, 



MANUFACTURER OF 



Copper I Galvanized Cornices, 

SkjUghts, Ventilators, Conductors, Gutters, Tin and 
Copper Roofing. 

43G HARRISON AVENUE, 



404 A JtALF CEXTL'RV OF BOSTOX's BUILDINT,. 

ing of offices, banks, etc., with all the necessary furniture and cabinet work, and their prices 
are as low as are consistent with good material and workmanship. 

TuK I'osTox Whakf Compaxv was organized in 183<.>, and aci[uired its lands fronr the 
Commonwealth of ^lassachnsetts and completed the filling of the same in the year 1872. 
For manv years it devoted its propertj- exclusively to the storage of sugar and molasses, which 
at the time paid the stockholders handsomely. Some twelve years ago it began using its 
property for other purposes, and during tliis time there are few places in the city of Boston on 
which building operations have been carried on to such an extent as here. The ])roperty 
embraces some three million feet of land ; and in the last ten years on considerable jiarts of 
this have been built substantial Ijrick wareliouses. factories, and other structures for business 
purposes. It is estimated that upon its oavu lands, and upon lots sold by it, there h;is been 
spent in new buiklings in the past decade at least .'if!2.(»()0.(l()0. Upon its property are now 
located tlie public warehouses of the Atlas Stores and Williams Stores, and the i)rivate 
warehouses of such considerable concerns as Jordan. ISIarsh & Co., Shepard, Xorwell & Co., 
Jones, McDnffee & Stratton, r>roAvn, Durrell & Co., Dudley. Bnttelle & Hurd, r.a,xter, Stoner & 
Schenkelberger. the American Itadiator Co.. Smith & "Winchester Co., American l>ell 
Telephone Co., New England Telephone & Telegrapli Co., Horace Partridge & Co., Hamburger 
Bros., Boutwell Bros., Lombard iS: Co., and many others. There are also here located the 
factories of Pierce & Son. C. L. Hauthaway & Sons, Chase & Co. Corporation, Boston Button 
Co., Consolidated Electric Co., i\Ioore & AVyman Elevator Co., Bay State Belting Co., Pabst 
Brewing Co., Eochester Brewing Co., Albert & J. ]\r. Anderson, the very large plant of the 
Boston Plate & Window Glass Co., Simpson Bros., and many others. There are also located 
upon its wharves Curran & Burton, agents for the Norfolk i-S; Western Eailroad Co., L. G. 
Burnham & Co.. Stillman F. Kelley & Co., H. Gore & Co.. and Charles A. Dodge. On other 
2>arts of the property are located the extensive stables of the American Exjiress Company, the 
Herdic Phaeton Company, Flanders & Co., Handy & Waterlionse, and others. The property 
is all held b}' the company for improvement for business purposes, and the company is at all 
times ready to erect buildings suited to the wants of desirable tenants. The capital of the 
company is .f GOO, 000, and it has a surplus of over $1,500,000. The present officers are as 
follows: Presiilent, Hon. Charles Theodore Eussell; treasurer, Joseph B. Eussell ; clerk, 
Charles Lowell: and the follov.ing ilirectors: Charles Theodore Eussell, A. C. A\'as]djurn, 
John ]M. Clark, Edwin F. Atkins. Josei)h B. Eussell, Solon (•. Eichardson. Waldron liates, 
J. Willard Pierce, Arthur Hobart, Charles Van Brunt, and William L. Chase. 

The Amk,i;icax Eadiatiir Comt.v.xv. wliose principal office is at 111 to llo Lake street, 
Chicago, and Boston office at 44 r)liver street, was organized in 1892, being formed from the 
Michigan Eadiator and Iron INIanufaeturing (Company, the Pierce Steam Heating Comjiany 
and the Detroit Eadiator Company, and is the largest manufacturer of radiators in the world. 
They make r;idiators for steam and hnt-water heating of every description, and do an immense 
business in this line, sending their products to every civilized country in the world. They 
have snpi)lied a large majority of the radiators used in the Inuldings that have been put up in 
this city during the ])ast five years, and their business is steadily increasing in this part of 
the countiy. Being the most extensive nmnufacturers of this line of goods the}' are prepared 



AUVKKTISEMENTS. 



405 



JAMES WARNOCK, 



c 



ARPEMTER 

AHBGEfiERAL JOBBER, 



99 OLIVER STREET, Fort Hill Sq., 
Office Work a Specialty. BOSTON. 

WILLIAM HENNESSEY, 

Jobbing Mason -» Plasterer, 

Residence, Drains, Furnaces, 

125 CABOT ST. Ranges & Boilers Set. 

SHOP, 32 CABOT STREET, 

Junction of Tremont St. ROXBURY. 

EMERY & STUART, 

Successors to T. E. Stuart & Co , 

BUILDERS, 

166 DEVONSHIRE ST., 
B O 5T Ori. 

JOHN A. EMERY, 

Residence, 166 Huntington Ave. 



HOLIAN BROTHERS, 



GALVANIZERS, 

I0& 12 FULTON ST., 



EO^Tonsr. 



Arthur L. Hersum, 

Fornierlv with Hawthorne S: Son, 

SANITARY PLUMBER 



•.>r PROVINCE ST., 



HOSTOX. 



DRAINAGE AND VENTILATION A SPECIALTY. 

All orders promptly attended to. 
TELEPHONE NO. 1450. 

Pluavbing. 

70 BROAD ST., BOSTON. 

Special attention given to Waste Pipes, Drain.^, 
Water Closets and Ventilation. 

Brarvcli Ofa.ce a.t H-j.ll, IL^ass. 

E. W. SELDON, 

. BUILDER^ 



store ao<I Office Fitting. 



No. 134 ELIOT STREET, 
BOSTON. 



GEORGE W. PERKINS, 

t^ REPAIRING. 

21 AVERY ST., Cor, Mason, 

ORDER BOX, BOSTON 

166 DEVONSHIRE STREET, UUOIUIli 

TELEPHONE 3531. 



4(l() A HALF CENTUKY OF KOSTOx's BUILI)]^■G. 

to supply them at the lowest prices that are consistent with good material and workmanship; 
and they keep up to the times in styles and designs, having constantly on hand a large 
assortment of all their patterns, very advantageously displayed at the show-rooms of their 
various branches. These samples are beautifully decorated, and intending purchasers will 
find much of interest at. either of their show-rooms. The Boston show-room and office is 
very large, beautifully furnished, being in all its apartments one of the finest offices in the 
coiintry. 

In addition to the IJoston branch at 44 Oliver street the company has branches at 92 
Centre street. New York ; .500 Arch street, Philadelphia ; 62-63 I)e Menil Building, 
St. Louis; "330 First street. North, Minneajiolis; 1810 ISiake street, Denver ; and 14.':! Queen 
Victoria street, London, Eng. 

Tiie company publishes a catalogxie of their goods, and they are always jdeased to send the 
same on receipt of any re(iuest. 

A>ioN<i the many dealers in building stone the house of J. J. Cuddihy occupies a promi- 
nent ])lace. This ho\ise deals very largely in North River flagging stone and blue stone for 
walks, crossings, wall copings, cai)S and sills, underpinning, steps, etc., and in which they 
handle rough and fine rut. 

The excellence of this material is well known by all builders, and is manifested by the class 
of Imildings for the erection of wliich Mr. Cuddihy has furnished the stone. 

A jiartial list of such buildings would comprise Kennedy College, Bar Harbor, Me. ; the 
houses of !^[r. Goelet and Mr. Burden at Newport, It. I.; Mr. John Sloan's house at Lenox- 
dale, Mass.; the Lawrenceville Scliool in New Jersey; the High School and Oxford Club- 
house at Lynn, Mass. ; Ware and Wiuthrop Halls, Cambridge, Mass. ; the LTnitarian, Baptist 
and Catholic churches, in Brookline and Dedham, Mass. ; Lincoln school-house and 11. H. and 
Joseph White's houses at Brookline, Mass. ; the new Court House, new City Hospital, and 
New England Telephone and Telegrajih Company's building, S. S. Pierce and Co.'s biulding, 
in Boston ; as well as the dwelling-houses of Messrs. Fay, Amory, and Minot, and Dr. 
Bryant; several houses in the Back I!ay f(ir H. H. Savage, Esq., United States Hotel and 
I'hillips buihling; besides ten school-houses for the City of Boston, some comjileted, others 
under constructinn. 

Also the new Exchange Cluli's building on Batterynuarcli street, the (Jrove Hall L'niversa- 
list Church, Worthingtoii biulding on State street, the new Tremont Temjile, all in ]->oston. 
and in the sehool-houses of Somerville. and Tufts Library of Weymouth, Mass. 

The firm is composed of J. J. and M. H. Cuddihy, and has been established for thirty 
years, during twelve of which their business has been conducted at their juesent location on 
Albany street, where their wharf is situated. They also have offices at the Mechanics' Ex- 
change, 17 Otis street, and at tlic l\Iaster Builders' Association, 166 Devonshire street. . 

It is a recognized feature that heat or frost have little or no effect on this stone, and it has 
no eiinal for sidewalks and crossing stones, as its extensive use in all cities will bear witness. 

Tup: Amkiuca.v Gas Mai in>;K. mamifactured by the Automatic Gas Machine Company, 112 
Bedford street, has lieen largely introduced and become well and favorably known in the New 
England States, and it is claimcil by tlie coni|iany to be tlie only automatic , gas machine made 



ADVERTJSEMKNTS. 



407 



Established 1S37. 

J. 0. WETHERBEE, 

Successor to Loyal Lovejov i*t Co, 

Clapboards, Shingles, Spruce, Eastern 

and Western Pine; Spruce, Birch 

and Hard Pine Floors, and 

Kiln Dried Stock, 



CALIFORNIA 

REDWOOD SHINGLES and LUMBER. 

182 CAUSEWAY ST., 

First Wharf East of Fitchburg Depot. 

BOSTON, - • • MHSS. 

PARRY BROS. &. CO., 



DEALERS IN 



Brick 



OF EVERY 

DESCRIPTION. 



Agents for the Sale of Eastern Brick. 



!0 BROAD ST., 



BOSTON. 



Belmont, Mass.; Concord Ave., Cambridge; Foot of Raymond 
Street, Cambridge; Concord, N. H. 

LALLY <& MONTAGUE, 

STONE ; POINTERS. 

Neatly Cleaned and Pointed. 



MASTER builders' ASSOCIATION, 

166 DEVONSHIRE STREET, Box 126, 
BOSTON, MASS. 

T. J. LaLLY. H. MoNTAC.fE. 



E. C. McQINNISS, 

ROOFER. 



TI3S3- ana. 



Particular attention paid to Repairing Roofs. 



Residence, 40 COURTLAND .ST., F.VERETT. 

Office, 86 CHARDON ST., 

BOSTON, = MASS. 

Slate, Tin an^I Gravel 

ROOFER 

Gutters and Conductors made and put up. 



ES-epa.irlari.g' a, Specia,lt3r. 



NO. \U LAMARTINE STREET, 

JAMAICA PLAIN. 

ARCHITECTURAL and GENERAL 

MJood Qaruir;^, . 



34 BEVERLY ST., 



BOSTON. 



Estimates Given. 



JOHN FEENEY, 

Slate, Tin, Copper and Composition 

Ofkice: near 

15 NORTH OROVE ST. Cambridge St. 

drders left at I,o\\don I'.ros,, Plumbers, 36 ProvinLe .'^t. 

Residence, 31 Blossom St. BOSTON. 

Gutter and Conductor Pipes put up and repaired. 



408 



A HALF CEXTTKY OF BOSTON S BUILDING. 



in this coiuitry, requiring no r-ure or attention whatever, and the only machine that can make 
a iierfeet illuminating- gas for fifty cents ])er thousand feet, from the fact that it uses up every 
(Iroji of oil. none having to he drawn off or w-asted, as with all other machines. 

These machines are especially adapted to the lighting of dwellingdiouses. hotels, churches 
aud factories, either for lighting, heating or cooking. There are a great many of them in use 
in and around Boston, and the company refer to these to prove that they are correct in mak- 
ing this statement. 

Parties interested should correspond with the company, who will furnish all desired 
information. 

Walter S. Sa.mtsox does a general lousiness as a. mason and builder, having his office at 
;-).'! State street. Mr. Samjisou is one of the best known men in the business, having been 

identified with the trade for a great many years, 
and having an established reputation which ]jlaces 
him in the front raidv among the masons of the 
city. He has built a great many structures iu 
different parts of the city aud has all the facilities 
for doing first-class work proiu[itly and to the 
entire satisfaction of those by whom he is 
employed. Mr. Saiii)ison is a member of the 
Master Builders" Association and has a wide 
acquaintance among the trade. He is prepared 
to make estimates du anything iu his line and 
take CI infracts for doing all kinds of masonry 
work, which he executes in the most skillful and 
workmaidike manner. 

NuTTEK & Seabukv do a general business in 
steam and hot-water heating in all its branches. 
They have had years of practical experience, aud 
with the best of facilities aud the latest modern 
improved appliances for doing the work are specially well fitted to do anything in the 
line of putting in a heating system, doing all the work in connection with the pdant. 
They make a speciality of efpiipping public buildings, private residences and factories with 
ht-ating systems. They have in their employ a force of the most skilled w^orkmen, and do 
nothing but first-class work, as is testified to by the many very large contracts which they 
have fulfilled to tlie entire satisfaction of their customers. They have furnished the heating 
system for a very large number of the largest and Ijest houses and office buildings in this city, 
among them being the Grand Opera House, Boston : Hotel Graft'am, Beacon and Boylston 
streets, Boston ; Hotel Erickson, Commonwealth avenue, Boston ; Hotel Majestic, New York 
City (the largest hotel in New York) ; Joseph Jefferson's ])rivate residence. Buzzard's Bay, 
and the John V. Webber liouse, Corey Hill. This firm at present have a large amount of 
work on hand, and are always ready to furnish jilans and estimates. Their office and shop is 
at ")1 Oliver street, and their telephone number is 1801. 




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A HALF (EXTL'KY OF BOSTON'S BUILDING. 409 

The Bdsiox AnoMATir Fikk Alakm Compaxv, 111 :\[ilk street and 1,', Ceiitval wharf, 
wliicli succeeded to the Boston business of the Automatic Fire Ahirni and Extinguisher 
Company and the United States Electric Fire Signal Company, are doing an extensive and in- 
creasing business in supplying the larger buildings with automatic and manual fire alarms of 
the latest and most improved kind, which have received the unqualified endorsement of tlie 
insurance companies and been adopted by more than four hundred buildings in and around 
Boston. The foundation of an automatic fire ahirm is the tliermostat, or Iieat\letector, and the 
.system introduced by this company has been developed to a wonderful degree of iMn-fection. 
The thermostats can be adjusted to any degree of temperature and are arran^ged at short inter- 
vals along the ceiling of every room, so that any excessive heat, such as is caused by a fire in any 
one of these rooms, sets the system in operation and tlie proj.cr jiarties are at once notified Jf 
the fact. In this way a fire lias no chance of getting under headway before it is discovered. 
The company Iiave equipped a very large number of the largest buildings with their system, 
and in all cases it has proven a very eflicient safeguard, preventing what might otherwise 
have been a very serious conflagration. The company are always pleased to give any 
information and furnish estimates when applied to. They have a force of skilled workmen to 
install tlie system in buildings and are recommended to the jiublic by the insurance companies, 
whose appreciation is shown by a reduction of ten per cent, on insurance rates. 

OxE of the best known firms in the manufacture of architectural sheet metal work, in this 
part of the country, is that of E. Van Xoorden & Co.. 38.3 to 387 Harrison avenue. The busi- 
ness was established in 1873, and has grown to be a very large and important industry, employ- 
ing a large force of skilled workmen in getting out the specialties, such as metal skvliohts, 
ventilators, shingles, ceilings, etc. These goods have a very high reputation among the tirade 
and are largely used m the construction of modern buildings, especially in the large towns and 
cities throughout New England, although the trade which the concern enjoys is not confined 
to this territory, for large shipments are made to the West and South. Tli'ere are some very 
handsome buildings in this city that have been furnished with the product of this company, 
and the quality of the work speaks for itself. Among such buildings are the Manufacturers' 
Bank building, National Rockland liank, Bay State Tyi^e Foundry.^ Boston Button Company, 
Edison Electric Illuminating Company, Mechanics' Iron Foundry, Standard Cordage Company 
King s Brewery, City Hospital, Elysium Club building, Institute of Technology, New Eno-land 
Conservatory of Music, New Public Library, Palace Theatre, Agassiz Museum, Cambridge 
Registry of Deeds, East Cambridge, Castle S.piare Theatre. A. Shumaii & Co., Armstrono- 
Transfer Company, B. A. Atkinson & Co., Bigelow. Kennard & Co.. Boston Gas Light 
Company, Boston, Revere Beach & Lynn Railroad, R. H. White & Co.. Silver Grill, Country 
Club, Brookline, Jordan, Marsh & Co., and the Masonic Temple. Nothing but the best of 
material is used, and with the long experience of the company everything is np to date in design 
and finish. With every facility for doing anything in this line the company are able to take 
contracts for special work with the assurance that it will be done in a satisfactory manner in 
every way. The company will furnish catalogues of materials carried in stock when applied 
to, or will make estimates on special designs if desired. 

Ix 1884 Charies Lemmler established the business as contractor and builder which he has 
since carried on with such marked success. Few men that started in at the time he did have 



410 A HALF CENTIRY OF BOSTOX'S BUILDIXr,. 

been more successful or built up a better business. Witli years of i^ractieal experience at 
the trade, he was especially fitted to carry on the business in a way to make it both profitable 
and satisfactory. He has liuilt a very large number of structures of all kinds, including many 
very handsome residences throughout Xew England, and has won the esteem of the building 
jiublic by his straightforward and businessdike transactions. Beginning in a small way lie has 
bialt up a trade wliich is to-day one of the best in his line, and it is constantly increasing each 
year. He has the facilities for doing all kinds of building, and is always pleased to make 
plans and estimates when called upon to do so. His shop and residence are on Washington 
street, near Beach street, Eoslimlale. Avhere he can lie consulted by those about to build. 

The many advantages of cypress Avood for building purposes have become very generally 
known, and its durability for certain purposes — notably for shingles, gutters, and cnnduct- 
ors — is superior to that of any fither material commonly used. 

The leading house making a specialty of this lumlier and its jirodncts is The A. T. Stearns 
Lumber Company, whose president and founder, A. T. Stearns, was the pioneer in the intro- 
duction of cypress into New England. 

The business was established by Mr. Steariis in 1849, and was incorporated as a stnck cnmpany 
in 1883. The business comprises lumber yards, planing and moulding mills, a door, sash and 
blind factory, etc., and the company manufactures sheathing, flooring, clapboarding, gutters 
and condu'-tors (under their own patents), mfiuldings, and fittings of all kinds, and all varieties 
of lumber used by carpenters and builders. 

Its suppl}- is obtained from large mills in the South, and its drydiouses at iSTeponset contain 
over a million feet, while with mills containing new and imjiroved macliinery no exjiense is 
siKired in reaching the best results. The main office of the company, its mills and wharves 
are at Neponset, ]Mass. ; and it has. also, two offices in the city jjroper — at 166 Devonshire 
street and 104 Friend street — at either of which latter places its goods can be inspected by 
those who cannot visit the works at Xeponset. 

Cypress shingles manufactured by the company will last three or four times as long as pine 
or cedar, while its cypress gutters and conductors are better and more durable than tliose of tin 
or galvanized iron. All correspondence of the company is conducted from Xejionset, where all 
mail should be addressed! Its trade extends throughout the Xew England and Middle States. 

Persons intruding to build should not fail to first see for themselves what tliis company 
has to offer. Buildings finished in cypress from The A. T. Stearns Lumber Company are as 
follows: Tublic Library at Nahant ; Town Hall at Essex: Episcopal churches at 
Dorchester, Quincy, and other places; Unitari-an Chundi at Brighton; Congregational Church at 
Someiville; Swedenborgian Church at Xewton; schoobhouses at Everett, Quincy, Cambridge, 
Brighton, and other places; and residences, hotels, and business buildings too numerous to 
mentitni. 

]\Iaxv belts are needed to turn the many wheels which keep our mills emjiloyed, and many 
a,re the makers of such a necessity; but among the leaders in this trade may be mentioned the 
Shultz Belting Company. 

This company, which was established in St. Louis in 1S7C, consists of the following offi- 
cials: J. A. J. Shultz, president, and B. C. Alvord, secretary and treasurer. 





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A HALF CENTUKV OF BOSTON'S BlJILDIXti. 411 

They are wholesale ami retail manufacturers of lielting ami mill supi)lies. making a spe- 
cialty of raw-hide belting and lace, leather. 

Particularly valuable is their patent leather pulley covering, which prevents loss of speed 
and is much more durable and effective than any similar article. 

The company is located at 1()4 Summer street, Boston, Mass., :ind their goods are shipped 
all over the world. George J. Kelley is the manager. 

The business of dealing in second-hand building nuiterial is ipiite an extensive one in this 
city, and one of the largest dealers is Augustus F. Lash, wlio has been engaged in this line of 
building material for nearly fifty years. Some idea of the extent of the business may be 
obtaine<l from the fact that Mr. Lash has taken down over two thousand buildings in this city. 
Among some of the old hinchuaiks which he has razed were the old Imildiiig known as the 
Trecothick Hall, that stood on the site of Hotel Pelham, the old Stackpole House on Devonshire 
street, the Melodeon, the old Commercial Coffee House, old City Hall, the old Lowell Institute, 
and the locally famous Theatre Alley buildings, beside many others of more or less notoriety 
and fajne. Tlie material from these old buildings is in demand for one purpose or another in 
the construction and alterations of old and new buildings, and the business is one requiring not 
only considerable capital but exceptionally good judgment and knowledge of the value of such 
materials. Mr. Lash's customers comprise many of the large mercantile firms, real estate 
owners, agents, contractors, etc., not only of this city and state, but of the many surrounding 
cities and states. His goods have been sent to Texas, Florida, New York city and state, also 
five hundred miles below St. John, and to far-off Africa. He succeeded the well-known firm 
of J. Hennessey & Co. years ago, thus making him represent a business established some 
seventy-five or eighty years — probably the oldest house in his line in the Ihiited States. 

The Sturtevant systeju of heating and ventilating by a forced circulation of air is acknowl- 
edged to be the most perfect system in use, and has been adopted very generally for equipping 
public buildings — such as school-houses, libraries, etc. — and gives the best of results. The 
apparatus is manufactured by the B. F. Sturtevant Company, whose main office and works are 
at Jamaica Plain station, with salesrooms in this city at 34 Oliver street, and branch stores in 
Chicago, New York, Philadelphia, and London, England. The business has grown to be a 
very extensive one, and goods are sent to all parts of the world. In this city there are a very 
large number of prominent buildings, both public and private, in which this system is in use 
and where it is giving the very best of satisfaction. By this system the building is always 
suj)plied with fresh air by means of a forced circulation which insures a change of the air fre- 
quently. The works of the company at Jamaica Plain are very large and are well equipped with 
all the necessary machinery and ajipliances for the jirompt and satisfactory filling of all orders, 
and the company keep a force of skilled workmen for the setting up of the apparatus, thus insur- 
ing the proper working of the system. The business has increased very rapidly within the past 
few years, and the company have had to make frequent additions to their ]ilant in order to be 
able to meet the demand for their product from all parts of the couutiy. Catalogues and 
other information will be furnished on apjilication. 

The Adams House, located on Washington street, in the very centre of the business portion 
of the city, is one of the newer houses in the down-town section, and is therefore one of the 



412 A HALF CEXTURY OF BOSTOX's BCILDIXi;. 

most modern in every respect. It is a very hanilsome building and is most elegantly and 
elaborately finislied and fnrnished. It is thoroughly equipped with all the modern conve- 
niences, and its cuisine is one of the best in the city. It is run on the European plan, and is 
under the management of George G. Hall, well known as a hotel man of experience and ability. 
Mr. Hall has made the Adams one of the most popular resorts for business and professional 
men, as well as for wealthy families, and S])ares no expense to maintain the high reputation 
which the house has always enjoj'ed, 

. The business now conducted under the firm name of D, Washburn & ^ons was established 
in 1850, and is located on Broadway, in Everett, Mass. The firm are manufacturers of build- 
ing brick of all kinds, the best cpiality of face brick being made a specialty. The firm 
have a business which extends all over the New England States, and many large orders are 
also received from all parts of the country. The facilities for the manufacture of brick are 
unsnriiassed, and the large yards are kept constantly busy supplying the trade which has been 
built up and which is constantly increasing. Among some of the buildings for which supplies 
have been furnished are the Mason building on Kilby street, the Providence depot, the addi- 
tion to the Carney Hospital, the Peabody (Mass.) town hall, and a very large number of 
blocks and b\uldings all over the city. 

The firm of 1>. F. C'ldeord & Co., carpenters and builders, was established in ISliO at 434 
Tremont street. Tliey have since moved to 477 Tremont street, where they are at the 
present time. They do a general business in carp)entry and building, and have done 
the work in their line on nuuiy of the representative buildings in the city and elsewhere. 
Among some of the buildings upon whieli they have been engaged are tlie old Post Ofiice, 
State Street Stock Exchange building, Kialto building on Devonshire street opposite the 
Post Office, the Equitable building, the Fisk building. Odd Fellows building, Paine Memorial, 
John Hancock building, Masonic Temple, Berkeley Temple, the Phoenix building, Albion, 
Boylston, Chamber of Commerce and Carter buildings, and many others. They stand high 
among the reputable building firms in the city and have an enviable reputation for first-class 
workmanship. Tlie firm is one of the oldest in the business and has contributed many fine 
liuihlings to the growth of the city. 

The firm of J. M. JIarston & Co. was established in 1844, and up to 1885 was engaged in 
the building business, having in that time constructed a great many residences in Eoxbury 
and vicinity. Since 1885 the business has been principally in tlie manufacture and sale of 
hand, foot and steam power machinery, one of the specialties being the Marston patents. The 
company now do a very large business in the machinery line, having a trade which extends all 
over the world. The ;Marstou patent hand and loot power wood-working machinery is well 
known and extensively used everywhere, and the large shops of the company are kept 
constantly busy filling orders for new machines, which includes hand and foot power circular 
saws and hand saws. These macliines are of the latest improved patterns and are especially 
adapted to shops where steam power is not used. They are thoroughly built "of tlie best 
material, and warranted. INIr. Marston has had a very large experience in the business and 
knows all the requirements of foot power machinery. The factory and office of the company 
are located at 226 to 230 llnggles street, Edxbury. The company issue a very neat 



A HALF CENTUKV OF ISOSTOX's BUILDIXG. 413 

illustrated catalogue, giving all the particulars about the machiuery uianufacturt^il aud for 
sale, which they are pleased to mail to anyone interested on application. 

BoroE, Gallaghek & Co., of 178 Devonshire street, plasterers, during the past twelve 
years have been identified with some of the largest buildings, not only in Boston, but also in 
New York, New Jersey, and the New England States. 

Notable among these in Boston are the Youth's Companion building, Cullis building, the 
Hotel Ilkley on Huntington avenue, Smith building in Court stjuare, Charlesgate Hotel, 
Hotel Beresford, and Kossuth Hall. 

They did the plastering on the John Stetson building, head house at City Point, and 
the Worthington building on State street. They have had some large contracts from Norcross 
Brothers. In New York, the Bloomingdale Asylum (seven large buildings). Also, JMrs. E. F. 
Shepiard's house at Scarborough; Mr. H. McKay Twombly's house at Madison, N. J.; 
Institution for Savings at Hartford, Conn. ; Savings Bank at Norwich, Conn. ; the Industrial 
Trust Company and Telephone buildings at Providence, E. I. ; and they are now at work on 
the Brookline High School. 

They continually aim to maintain a reputation for reliability and first-class work. 

BixBY Brothers, 335 West Fourth street, South Boston, began business in 1887, doing a 
general business as carpenters and liuildcrs. The^" have erected buildings in the following 
places : Newton, Somerville, Dorchester, Everett, and South Boston. Thay have done a great 
deal of work in this city and vicinity and have a very high reputation among the trade. 
They make a specialty of private resich'nces and tenement houses and their business is 
constantly increasing. They have also performed contracts on several public buildings, 
among which are the following : The Jewish Synagogue, Union Park street ; South Baptist 
Church, South Boston; and Washington \'illage Methodist Episcopal Church. 

Clark's Hotel is one of the well-known down-town hotels, being centrally and conven- 
iently located on Washington and Avery streets, near the theatres, and where the various 
electric lines pass the door, making it very convenient for everyone to reach. The l-.ouse is 
well arranged, ami has all the modern conveniences, passenger elevators, etc., which make the 
modern hotel so much more convenient and desirable than the old-fashioned hostelries. The 
rooms are all large and very pleasant, being elegantly finished and furnished. This house is a 
very jDopular resort for traveling and business men, and its well-appointed dining-rooms are 
well patronized. It is run on the European plan, and has one of the best restaurants 
connected to be found in the city. The proprietor, M. C. Clark, is one of the l)est-known 
landlords in the city and has establislied a reputation for his house second to none. His long 
experience in the business has acquainted him with all the requirements of a first-class hotel 
and he has the very best class of patronage. 

William T. Sweet tt Co., 94 Water street, are dealers in hot-air inimping engines, also 
gas and gasoline power engines and parts. In addition to dealing in these machines they are 
also prepared to do repairing of all kinds. The business was established in 1887, and since 
that time Mr. Sweet has sold many thousands of these machines, for one purpose or another, 
and they have always given the best of satisfaction. They are the sole New England agents 
for the Allman Gas Engine, aud for the hot-air pumping engine manufactured by the De 



414 A HALF CEXTUI'.Y OF I'.OSTOX's BUII.DIXt;. 

Laniater Iron Works. These engines are especially intended for pnmping water, and are 
especially adapted for fnrnisliing water to the upper floors of hoiises in cities and towns. (3ne 
of them will furnish ample water to the highest part of the house; and from a sanitary point 
of view, and as a protection in case of tire, they are invaluable. The firm make a specialty of 
pvitting in these machines, and are prepared to do all the necessary pijiing and plumbing in 
connection therewith. Among some of the customers who have been srij)plied witli these 
engines are: Mr. Josepjli Jefferson, the noted actor, at Buzzard's Bay, where the engine is used 
in j)umping water to liis residence; William A. Fiench, Camden, Me.; George P. Gardner, 
John Parkinson, and Horace S. Crowell (Mr. Crowell lias two of the machines at his place in 
AVoods Holl) ; R. M. Morse, Falmouth, ]\[ass. ; J. M. Forbes, two liot-air engines; Henrj- S. 
Russell, Milton, Mass. ; Tobey Club, ]\Ionument, Mass. ; Myopia Hunt Club, Hamilton, Mass. ; 
J. Edward Searles, Jfarion, ^Nfass. 

All orders received by this firm are promptly filled, and the work personally superintended 
by Mr. Sweet, whose long exjjerience makes him one of the best engineers in the city. 

Till-: firm of William A. I\Iason & Son, Civil Engineers and Surveyors, is one of tlie oldest 
concerns now iu tlie business in this section, having been established in 18.'!9. Tlie ]iresent 
firm name was adopted in 1871. This firm has done a vast amount of business, in the nearly 
sixty years that it has been in existence, and tliey have tlie original notes of all work done 
in that time, as well as a vast collection of work by otlier surveyors, which forms a very val- 
uable reference book, from which they are prepared to re-establish old boundaries as well as to 
make new ones. Tlie business includes civil engineering, surveying, and the measurement of 
mechanics' work ; and the concern is in a jiosition to furnish surveys and plans for the division 
of estates, jjlans, specifications, and contracts for work, lay out the foundations for buildings, 
etc. Tlie office of the firm is at fi31 ^Massachusetts avenue, Central square, CamViridgejiort, 
and all orders are assured promjit and careful attention, all work being accurately and skillfully 
performed by competent and experienced workmen. 

Aside from private residences, apartment houses, etc., the firm has laid out the foundation 
lines for the Ikiston Woven Hose and Rubber Company's buildings ; the Sewall & Day Cordage 
works at Allston; a building for Ginn & Co., school-book publishers, at Cambridgeport ; 
Caverly Hall, students' dormitory, Harvard Square ; Ware Hall, students" dormitory, Old 
Cambridge; and several of the college biiildings, such as the Fay Atheneum, Conant Hall, 
Perkins Hall. Law Library, and others. 

Thp: firm of E. Hodge & Co., who have been engaged in the business of manufacturing 
boilers and plate iron work since 1864, have furnished a great many plants, and specimens of 
their work may be found in all kinds of manufactories and public and private buildings all 
over the United States. This house makes locomotive and stationary boilers, smoke fiues, 
water tanks and stand-pipes, and has amjile facilities at its sho]is for the proper and satis- 
factory execution of orders in any branch of tlie business. The jilain cylinder boiler and the 
two-flue boiler have been replaced by the horizontal return tubular, loconnitive, and vertical 
tubular types. In addition to tliese styles the house also manufactures the Manning Vertical 
Boiler, which has recently become popular in New England, and all kinds of marine boilers. 
Tlie shops cif the comiiany are located lai Liverjiool street. East Boston, and John E. Lynch is 



A HALP' CENTlTKY OF BOSTOX's BLTLDIXG. 41i"5 

the sole partner. Among their manj- cnstomers may be mentioned tlie West End Street Rail- 
way Company; the Dominion Coal Company; Rockport Granite Company; Otis Brothers 
Company, New York ; City of Boston ; Revere Beanh & Lynn and Boston & Maine railroads ; 
Mexican Central Railway ; Brookline Gas Light Company ; B. F. Sturtevant Company ; Nau- 
tasket Beach Steamboat Company ; D. T. Church, Tiverton, R. I. ; New York Safety Steam 
Tower Company; Edison Electric Light Comjjany ; the Lock wood Manufacturing Company; 
Jordan, Marsh & Co. ; Massachusetts General Hospital ; United States Post Office and Sub- 
treasury ; Boston & Bangor Steamship Company; Kennebec Steamboat Company; New Bed- 
ford, Nantucket & Martha's Vineyard Steamboat Company. Their trade extends all over the 
United States and Canada. 

W. S. Eexdle, well known as a successful and competent pile driver, wliai-f and bridge 
builder, has been established in business since 1889, and in that time has done a great deal of 
work all over New England. Among some of the contracts which he has filled are founda- 
tions for the Sturtevant Blower Manufacturing Company's factory at Dorchester, the Central 
Fire Station at ^Melrose, aiul the Boston "Woven Hose and Rubber Company's factory at East 
Camln-idge ; also, abutment foundations for the Dover Street Bridge, and about two hundred 
others all over the State. 

He is a thoroughly competent and reliable worknmn, and has all the facilities for doing the 
heaviest work in his line. He has had contracts for the following cities and towns, viz.: 
Boston, Lynn, Jfelrose, Nahant, and Waltliani, and also for the United States Government. 
He is always pleased to furnish estimates for work in any part of New Eugland. 

TiiEKE was a time when New Eugland did quite a business in iron working, but tlie larger 
part of that business has long since been removed to other sections of the country nearer the 
source of the raw materials. Tliere is one line of manufacture which has, however, remained 
in this section and is one of the important industries. Among those engaged in the business 
referred to, none are better or more widely known than George Miles, the manufacturer of 
steam boilers and all kinds of plate iron work. His plant is located at the corner of Richard 
and Baldwin streets. South Boston, and the business was established by him in 1869. He has 
always done a very large business, and it has been increasing within the last few years. His 
iwoduct goes all over the United States and Canada, and among some of the local buildings 
whicli he has equipped are the Boston Herald, Globe, Journal, and Advertiser buildings, Hotel 
Thorudike, -the Thorndike building, and the plants for the American Sugar Refining Company 
in ];oston. New York, Philadelphia, San Francisco, and New Orleans, besides many other 
buildings eqiuilly prominent. His product includes boilers, feed-water heaters, evaporators, 
pulp stills, etc., and he has one of the best-equipped plants for the manufacture of these 
specialties in the country. Having been for so many years identified with the business, and 
having among his customers some of the largest concerns in all parts of the country, Mr. Miles 
is well known everywhere, and has always had a splendid reputation as a business man. 

W. A. MniTFELDT, at 192 Devonshire street, does a general rooting Inisiness, eitlier gravel, 
slate, or metal. He also lays floors of asphalt, using the very best imported rock asphalt. 
He has had a long experience in this line of work and thoroughly understands his business. 
In aildition to the above he lays artificial stone, tar and concrete walks and drives. He has 



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worked up a very extensive biisineFs witliiii the past few years, doing work all over Xew Eng- 
land, wherever there is a demand for anything in his line. He employs the Lest of skilled 
workmen and uses none 1 nt first-class materials, having laid walks, floors, or roofing on or about 
many of the best buildings in Boston. Among such being those of Hecht Brothers; S. S. 
Pierce, Central wharf : Hotels Chesterfield, Erickson, Belvoir, and West Gate; Ellicut Cottage, 
Franklin I'ark: Administration building. Back Bay Park; head' house, Marine Park, South 
Boston ; and Cambridge High School building. 

TiiF, C'dI'ley Si,irAi;K Hotel, which has Init recently lieen opened to the public, is one of 
the finest first-class hotels in the city, and its location, in the very centre of the most aristo- 
ci'atic part of the famous Back Bay, makes it one of the most desirable places at which to stop. 

It is a new house of the highest class, and 
]irovides for its V-iatrons on either the 
American or European jilan. It is thor- 
(lughly built, and is strictly fire-proof, 
and is re[)lete with all the modern ap- 
pointments for a house of this class. It 
is convenient to the railroad stations, 
trading centres, and places of amusement, 
and the electric car service is nowdieve 
more complete and convenient than here. 
The house has three hundred elegantly 
furnished rooms, single and en suite, with 
private parlors and liaths. All the fur- 
nishings are new and of the very best. 
The jiroprietors, F. S. Eisteen c^ Co., are 
well known in the business, and allow 
nothing to be leit undone that will add 
til tlie comfort and convenience of their 
guests or the i)oindarity of the house. 

The ^Massachusetts Heatinc: and 
Vextilatixo Comi'Anv. a coi-])oration 
formed under the Massachusetts laws, in 
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ufacturing and installing heating, ventil- 
ating and sanitary apparatus for schools, 
state, city, town and county buildings, has 
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ap|)aratus is in practical use all o\er the 

New England and ^Middle States, giving the very best of satisfacti<in and acknowledged to be 

the best in use for both operation and results. 

A partial list of the Imildings for which the heating and ventilating ajijiaratus was designed 

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Our stock comprises Physical and Chemical Apparatus 
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Manufactories. All kinds of Electrical Instruments and 
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141 Franklin, corner Federal Street, 
BOSTON, MASS , 

.And only two minutes" walk from the Post Ottice. 



ZiEGLER Electric Co., 

Manufacturers, Dealers and Importers. 



ESTABLISHED 1872. 



The R. Woodman Manufacturing i Supply Co. 

Manufacturers of and Dealers in 

LIGHT RAILROAD AND MILL SUPPLIES. 
63 Oliver and 37 Wendell Sts., Boston, Mass. 

Lead Car Seals and Car-Sealing Presses, 
Woodman's Patent Nun-clogable and 
Hudson's and Pond's Improved Ticket Punches, 
Check Protectors, Ribbon Stamps, 
Perforating Stamps, Railroad Baggage Checks, 
Hotel and Restaurant Checks, Pew Numbers, 
Coat. Skate and Pool Checks, 
Badges, in Cold, Silver and Nickel, 
Woodman & Hudson's Patent 
Improved Speed Indicators 

Three Drouze and SiUor Medals, and Diplomas, have been awarded these iroods hj the MasKJi- 
chusetts Charitable Slecbauic Association, an<i at other Exhibition.^. 

Special Tools and Light Machinery, Hardware, Electrical Work, and Xovelties in Metal 
made to order. Punching and Stamping, etc., etc. 





MoBII.E<SOHio 

RAILROAD. 



LOGAX 



418 



A HALF ( KXTURV OF BOSTOX S BUILDING. 



ing ability in treating smiie of the most costly structures recently erected, and the following 
are some of the more important ones: Everett High School, Everett, Mass.; High, Grammar 
and Primary Schools, Montclair, N. J.; High School, Worcester, Mass.; Exchange Club build- 
ing, corner Milk and Batterymarch streets, Boston ; Chemical and Physical Laboratory, Amherst 
College, Amherst, Mass.; State Normal School at Willimantic, Conn.; Searles Scientific Build- 
ing. Bowdoin College, Brunswick, Me.; Havemayer School, Greenwich, Conn.; several of the 
Boston school-houses; Hotclikiss School and Dormitory, Lakeville, Conn.; Number Twelve 
School, Scranton, I'enn.; and the group of twenty-four buildings, comprising the new State 
Asylum at Medfield, Mass.; equipped with one of the most extensive central-power plants in 
this section. 

Joiix McNamaka & Son's, contractors 
and builders, CI Wareham street, are one 
of the oldest, and most extensive firms 
doing a general contracting and building 
business in the city, having been estab- 
lished in l.S7(J. The business was first 
carried on l)y John McNamara, but later 
he took his two sons into i>artnership with 
him, and the present firm consists of John, 
Jerome J., and John J. McNamara. The 
firm holds a membership in the Mechanics' 
Exchange, and has an office at the rooms 
of the association at 17 Otis street. Very 
many of the largest and handsomest of 
Boston's great business and other blocks 
^ ^^^^^^^ have been built by this company, and these 

J^M V 'HHRPlst' '^^'^ '^^ \i&^'^ proof of their skill and work- 

jfWf ■''^^^^^^ - manship. Included in the list of these 

^ W buildings are the Hecht building on Fed- 

" --^ ■ -*^ eral street, one of the largest and most 

thoroughly constructed business structures 
in the neighborhood; Temple Adath Israel, 
the handsome church building on Hunt- 
ington avenue; tlie large building of the 
Leopold jMorse Company in Brattle square ; 
tlie city scliool buildings ou Eustis and 
Morton streets and at Sullivan scjuare in 
Charlestown; hotels Dunbar, Adelphia, 
and Landor, all of them large and hand- 
some biuldings showing the best of work- 
mansliip; L. Prang's house on Center street ; E. Van Horn's house at Dedham; the Soldiers' 
Home in Clielsea ; McCormick's brewery in Roxbury ; St. Botolph Hall, on St. Botolph street, 
J. B. Dsborn's liuilding at the corner of South and Beach streets; the Ashmont engine house; 




.lOHN McXAMARA. 



A nVEKTISKM KNTS. 



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JohnMcNamara&Sons 




John J. McNamaua. 




Jerome J. JLcXamaka. 



CARPENTERS and 
GENERAL • 
CONTRACTORS, 



61 Wareham St., and 



1 7 Otis Street, 



BOSTON. 



420 A HALF CENTURV OF P.OSTOn's BUILDING. 

Roslindale engine house ; engine lioiise on Monument street in Charlestown ; patrol liouse 
at Station 13 ; ten apartment houses for Thomas Parker in Roxbury ; eight apartment houses 
at City Point for John MpNamara; Six apai-tment houses for Godfrey Morse on Hanover 
street; five liandsome private residences on Huntington avenue; seven on St. Botolph street; 
and a large number of others in and around Boston. Witli such a showing of elegant build- 
ings to their credit it is not to be wondered at that this concern liave a reputation as contractors 
and builders which places them very near tlie head of tlie list. 

Mr. MoNamara, Sr., is a member of the Knights of Columbus, and his son Jolin J. is a 
iiieniber of the Eoyal Arcanum, Knights of Honor, Ancient Order United Workmen, and others. 

M. Elston & Son are contractors for tlie tearing down and removal of old buildings, hav- 
ing all the facilities for doing the heaviest work promptly and in a satisfactory manner. They 
have done a great deal of work in and around Boston and are well-known and reliable. Their 
yard is at Fiske wharf. Main street, coiner of Pioneer street, Carabridgeport. 

Geor(;e H. 1'akkkk, 34 Beverly street, Boston, does a general business as a carpenter and 
builder. He has liad years of practical experience at tlie business and tliorouglily understands 
all the det:iils of the trade. He lias done a great deal of iiuilding in and around this city, and 
is prepared to take contracts for the construction of buildings of all kinds. Among some of 
the buildings erected are the following : 9I)i) Club House, Charlestown, Mass. ; (Officers' Quar- 
ters, L, M, N, and 0, Charlestown Navy Yard; Essex Town Hall and Memorial Building, Essex, 
Mass.; also a number of large freight liouses for the New York & New England Eaih'oad in 
different sections of tire country. 

Ci'TTEi; & 1'akkek, 232 and 234 Friend street, are wholesale and retail dealers in doors, 
windows, blinds, door and window frames, blind trimmings, sash cord, wood shelves, window 
weights, etc. Thej' make a specialty of liardwood doors, and have a large and well-assorted 
stock from which orders can be promptly tilled. They furnish a great many of the builders 
with everytliing iu their line and do a very large business all over New England. 

The business now carried on by M. E. Eidout & Co. has been in successful operation for 
nearly fii'tj' years, having been established about 1850 by D. Osborn. Several changes have 
since been made in the name and owuershiji of the plant, but the business has gone on just the 
same. The tinu operate a moulding and planing mill and are the manufacturers of Parker's 
Weather Strips, wliich have had a very large sale all over New England. The company fur- 
nish a large amount of the builders' finish, mouldings, brackets, hardwood, hard-pine and spruce 
flooring, etc.. used in Boston and vicinity, having special facilities for getting out this kind of 
stork in the very best shape, from thoroughly seasoned material. Both members of the firm 
are men of experience in the business. Mr. Eidout has been closely identified with tlie busi- 
ness interests of Cambridge for many years. Charles jM. Conant, the other member of the firm, 
has lieen connected with the concern since 18S4, and a i)artner since 1893. The mills and 
office are located ou State street, Cambridgeport. Among the buildings furnished bj^ this firm 
are the fine apartment houses on the corner of Marlborough and Exeter streets, and on the cor- 
ner of Boylston street and Massachusetts avenue; St. Cecilia's Church, Back Bay; Cambridge 
Mutual Insurance Company's building, Cambridge; and hundreds of fine residences in Brook- 
line, Newton and Cambridge. 






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EXETEU CIIAIMBEKS, E.XETEU STREET. 
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FIKST CnURCII OF CHRIST, (sCrENTISX), FALMOUTH AND NORWAY STS. 
BV PERMISSION OF FI.'ANKLIN I. WELCH, ARCHITECT, COSTOX. 




l^KMIilMI. i>l- .1. .1. >IAN"WOlir>. BLTLT I!V jriLTON C. BI!I)\VXELL. 




RKM IlKXCE OF K. P. BAMiS. lUTLT ]!Y MIl.TdX r. F.I;( iWXKI.T.. 



A HALF CEXTUKV OF BOSTOn's BUILDIXG. 421 

MiLTOX C. Bkownell, one of Boston's well-known and most liiglily esteemed contractors 
and builders, a prominent member of the Builders' and Coutraetors' Exchange, and a business 
man with a high reijutatiou for square and honorable dealing, has been identified with the 
building interests of Boston and vicinity for many years, during which he has constructed a 
large number of buildings, including some very handsome and elegantly finished private 
residences, which are excellent examples of the builders' art. He has an office at the rooms of 
the Mechanics' Exchange, 17 Otis street, and also at his residence, 2 Lawrence street, Medford. 
He does a general business as contractor and builder, and his business has gi'own very rapidly 
within the past few years. His long experience and well-known ability give him a very high 
standing among the trade, and with the best of facilities for doing first-class work he is kept 
very busy all the time. He is always pleased to furnisli plans and estimates, which he does 
at short notice, and his contracts are always fulfilled with promptness and to the satisfaction 
of all interested parties. Few men have a better reputation for thoroughness and reliability 
than Mr. Browuell, and he justly deserves the reputation wjiich he has gained by many years 
of faithful devotion to the business. 

E. E. CocHKAx, 3726 Washington street, does a general business as a real estate agent, 
auctioneer, and insurance broker. He has had a long experience in the business and is well 
known. He places insurance in all the most reliable companies, and negotiates loans and 
mortgages on real estate. He does a very large amount of business, which he is constantly 
increasing. He is known as a thoroughly square and reliable business man, and his customers 
are among the best classes. 

GoocH & Pray, masons and builders, with an office at IfiC Devonsliire street, room 52, are 
among the well-known firms in the city who have Ijuilt up a splendid business and made a 
reputation whicli places them in the front rank in the trade. They have done a large amount 
of building, having received many important contracts which have required experience and 
ability as well as the employment of a large force of workmen. The firm are members of the 
Master Builders' Association, which is a guarantee of their honesty and responsibility. They 
have been identified with the building interests of the city for many years and have contributed 
a large share to the building up of the city, some of the handsomest blocks and large buildings 
having been constructed by them. Tliey take contracts for the complete work, doing the 
masonry and carpenter work, and they have the facilities for doing the heaviest work in 
connection with building. Their business has increased very rapiiUy within the past few 
years, and they are now at work on large contracts wdiich will take some time to complete. 

The Clixton Wire Cloth Compaxy are the largest manufacturers of the wire lath which 
is now being called for in connection with the construction of modern "fire-proof" buildings. 
Their "Clinton" stiffened wire lath is being very generally used throughout the country and 
has a very high reputation among the trade. At the large factory of the company at Clinton, 
Mass., are the facilities for the manufacture of everything in the line of wire lath, wire 
screens, iron wire partitions, etc. Tlie works are the most complete and extensive in the 
country and the product goes all over the w^orld. The Boston office is located at 199 
Washington street. The company have complete facilities for the production of the above 
goods, either plain, galvanized, or japanned, and are doing a very large business at the present 
time. 



422 



A HALF CENTURY OF BOSTON'S BUILDING. 



Cakl S. Nielsox & Co., 1 Beacon street, do a geueral real estate, insurance, and building 
business. In the line of building they make a specialty of improving suburban property by 
building upon it and selling the buildings on the most favorable terms. In this way this 
company has helped many a man to own a home of his own, who would never have had one 
otherwise. It has a large number of houses in different suburbs around Boston, which it offers 
to those looking for a house either as a home or for an investment. Among the buildings 
which this company has erected are a large brick block in Chelsea; a brick block on Chelsea 
street, near Broadway, in Everett; a large school-house on Beachem street, for the city of 
Everett; a large store and apartment block on Broadway, near Everett square, in Everett; a 
large block on the corner of Broadway and Ferry street; also, one on Broadway, near Ferry 

street; a large block on Ferry street, containing stores 
and apartments; and about two hundred dwelling-houses, 
also in Everett. In 1894 the office was moved from 
Everett to Boston and the work of developing jirop- 
erty in Dorchester begun, where the company has 
quite a number of very desirable houses all ready for 
occupancy. Mr. Nielson is one of the most wide-awake 
and enterprising men in the business to-day, and he has 
done more in building up suburban districts than any 
other man or company. The buildings which he puts 
up are of the very best in design and finish, well built 
in every particular. Mr. Nielson established the busi- 
ness, which he has since built up and made so successful, 
in 18SS. A specialty is made of buildiug houses for 
sale, an<l the fact that in Everett alone more than two 
hundred have been built and sold shows the amount of 
business done. 

The Cape Ann Granite Company, whose Boston 
office is at 40 Water street, are engaged in the quarrying 
and sale of random and dimension building, monumental, 
and polished granite work, also in the manufacture 
of granite paving blocks. The company have several 
large quarries in Massachusetts and Maine, and they 
do a very large business. The granite in several of 
the large buildings in the principal cities of tiie coun- 
try was supplied by this company. 




CAUL S. NIKLSON. 



H. Ltnwooi) Stiles is the New England agent for Perry, Matthews & Buskirk Company's 
Oolitic Limestone, with an office in the Master Builders' Association, 166 Devonshire street. 
Among the prominent buildings in Boston in which limestone from the quarries of Perry, 
Matthews & Buskirk Company has been used are the following: Tremont Temple; Hotel 
Belvoir, Beacon street ; the Worthington building, State street ; Farlow building, Lincoln street; 
Eldridge building, Boylston street; Brighton High School; Savings Bank building. East 



ADVERTISEMENTS. 423 



JOHN J. FLYNN, 

Contractor and Builder, 

WOOLSEY BLOCK, JAMAICA PLAIN, 

And 17 OTIS STREET, BOSTON. 



42-t A HALF CEXTUKY OF IIOSTOX 8 IJUILDING. 

CamLiidge ; and numerous private residences in tliis city and other Xew England cities; also 
in new buildings at Harvard and Dartmouth Colleges. Mr. Stiles estahlislied the business in 
18S9 and has since liuilt up a ver_y extensive trade all over New England. He is thoroughly 
acquainted with the business and is square and honorable in all his dealings. 

The Johx Cavanaoh & Son ]\roviN(; Company do a general business in building moving 
and contracting, and ;ire probably the largest concern in this business in iSfew England. The 
business was first established about 1855 by John W. E. Cavanagh. In 1873 the name of the 
concern was changed and it was conducted by John Cavanagh. In 1877 Mr. Cavanagh took 
his sou into partnership and it became John Cavanagh & Son. In 1893 it was incorporated as 
The John Cavanagh & Son Building Moving Company. One of the specialties of this company 
is the shoring of buildings, either to be raised or repaired; and in this line they have done 
tlie work on the Jordan & Marsh building, that of Sliepard & Norwell, Houghton & Dutton, the 
Parker House, the United States Hotel, the Equitable building in this city and also the one in 
New York, the Lowell Court House, the Manchester House at Manchester, N. H., ten marble 
front buildings ou Hammond Park, and a very large number of other large and equally im- 
portant buildings in different parts of New England and the South. The office and yard is at 
47.'> Dorchester avenue. South I.oston. The company holds a membership in the Master 
]!uilders" Association and Mechanics' Exchange, and has a branch office at Braintree, Mass. 
The business is one requiring a great deal of skill and experience, and there are but few cou- 
cerns in this part of the connti-y able to take such contracts as are taken by this company, 
who have all the facilities for doing the largest work. 

Locis E. BoYDEX, 18 Brattle sc[uare, does a general business as a plumber anil sanitary 
engineer, having established the business in 1892. Mr. Boyden is a thoroughly practical and 
competent workman, having had years of experience in the Imsiness and thoroughly under- 
standing all the details of the wcu'k required. He has done the work on a great many of the 
large buildings in this city and vicinity, aiul has a very liigh reputation for the skillful and 
satisfactory manner in which the work has been done. His trade extends all over the eastern 
]iart of tlie state and is constantly increasing. He makes a specialty of house plumbing and 
has all the facilities for doing the work in a scientific manner. He attends to all orders 
promi)tly. Among others, he has done the work on P. H. Prior's residence. Monument square, 
Charlestown ; H. T. Allen & Co.'s block of fourteen dwelling-houses and stores, on the cor- 
ner of Cambridge and Linden streets, Allston ; and H. T. Allen & Co.'s block of dwellings on 
Beacon street in Allston. 

DiccKKi; Brotheks, carpenters and builders, have a shop at the rear of Gl Warren street, 
where they have facilities for doing all kinds of carpentry and jobbing. The firm consists of 
William H. and Herliert Decker, both practical and experienced workmen, and they have been 
established in business since 1884. They have built a number of large structures and resi- 
dences in different parts of the city, and have a reputation for doing first-class work. This firm 
have built up a very good business, which is increasing each year. As builders they stand very 
high in the trade, and have a r(q>utation for thoroughness and rclialiility second to none. They 
are always ])leased to furnish estimates and give any information which may be desired by 
those about to build or rejiair buildings, and their prices are as low as is consistent with first- 
class materials and workmanship. 



ADVr.RTISKMKNTS. 425 



The John Cavanagh & Son Building Moving Co. 

Building: Movers 1 Contractors, 



OFFICE AND YARD: 



473 Dorchester Ave., SOUTH BOSTON. 

_„. I ( 166 Devonshire St., (Master Builders' Association). 

( 17 Otis Street, (Mechanics' Exchange;. 



CONNECTED BY TELEPHONE. 

John Cavanagh, Pres. \Vm. H. Cavanagh, Sec. and Treas. 

John W. Priesing. Gustave W. Priesing. 

J, W, PRIESING & SON, 

Architects and Builders, 

1 3 Armstrong Street, 



PLANS FURNISHED. 

SPECIFICATIONS DRAWN. T A ^A A T ^^ A DI ATM 

ESTIMATES GIVEN. JA/VlAlLA rLAllN 



42G 



A HALF CENTITRY OF BOSTON S BUILDING. 



Stephen Bkennan is one of the well-known masons and buiklers, wlio has been identified 
with the building interests of Boston and vicinity for a great many years and is a member of 
the Mechanics' Association, with an office at the rooms of the association, 17 Otis street. He 
also has an office at 179 Cambridge street. He is engaged in doing a general business as a 
mason and builder, having established the business in 1882. He has erected a great many 
buildings all over Xew England, but has done more here in Boston than anywhere else. Among 
some of the more notable buildings which he has erected are St. Cecilia's Catholic Church, 
Academy at Allston Heights, five school buildings for the city of Boston, the Open Ward and 
Surgical building at the City Hospital, tlie White building on Boylston street, the Ware Hall 
in Cambridge, and many others. Mr. Brennan is a man who has had a great many years of 
practical experience in the building business, and he is a thoroughly competent and reliable 
niau in every resi)ect. There are few men in the business who have been more successful than 
Mr. Brennan, and lie has built up a very large and constantly increasing trade. As a builder 
he is acknowledged as one of the best, and the great number of large and prominent buildings 
which he has erected speak very highly for his skill and ability. 

The Huntington, one of the finest of the handsome 
and well-appointed Back Bay hotels, is very conveniently 
located, at the corner of Copley square and Huntington 
avenue. It is in the very centre of the fashionable resi- 
dential portion of the city, near the public library, art 
museum, etc., and on the line of all the electrics coming 
down town. The house is elegantly fitted and fur- 
nished, having all the modern conveniences, and being 
thoroughly modern in all its appointments. Charles A. 
Jones is the proprietor, and he has made the house 
one of the most popular and best patronized. Nothing 
is wanting for the convenience and comfort of the guest. 

TheRobekts IronWork.s Company a re probably one 
of the l)est known boiler makers, machinists, and general 
iron workers in this part of the country, having been in 
business for a great many years and always doing a very large and constantly increasing 
l)usiness in the various lines. The large plant of the company is located at 92 Main street, 
Cambridgeport, and is one of the best erpiipped, in every department, to be found anywhere. 
They manufacture steam boilers for all ]iurposes, in capacity from three to one hundred and 
twenty-five horse-power, and keep a stock on hand from wliicli orders can be filled very 
promptly. They also have facilities for making to order anything in this line, of any size and 
for any purpose. The large machine shops in connection with the [ilate and sheet iron works 
enable them to do anything in the line of iron working witli promptness and satisfaction. 

Charles King & Co., 162 Summer street, are among the well-known plumbers and sani- 
tary engineers wlio have done a great deal of work in ami around the city. They are prepared 
to do all kinds of plumbing and sanitary work in a careful and scientific manner. With years 
of practical experience and skillful workmen they guarantee satisfaction. 




THE HUNTINGTON. 




■ r. MAHV S DIlliCH, CHARI.ESTOW.V. 
1!Y rEI!MI<-l(iN l'.i)~10N iiki;ai.I). 



A HALF CENTURY O I' BOSTOx's BUILDING. 427 

McDonnell & Sons, established in 1857, tlic well-known architects ami builders of monu- 
ments, with lari,'e quarries at (^uincy, Mass., and Barre, Vt., are probal)ly the largest dealeis in 
granite and marble for monumental and building purposes in New England. In addition to 
the product of their own quarries, they are also large importers of Italian marble and statuary, 
and have furnished many of the largest and handsomest monuments in the country. Tliey have 
yards and otlices in Jiuffalo, X. Y. One of the representative monuments which this concern 
have erected is the handsome soldiers' monument at Buffalo, which is eighty -eight feet high and 
cost $50,000. Being the owners of the quarries from which the granite is taken, as well as 
having the facilities for working it, this concern have a decided advantage over many of their 
competitors in tiie speedy execution of orders, and in quoting close estimates. They have in 
their employ one of the best and most experienced monumental designers and architects, and 
under his personal supervision are enabled to submit drawings and plans perfectly proportioned, 
original in design and chaste in appearance. They have made the monumental work a special 
study, and some of tlie latest productions in this line show to what a degree of perfection they 
have developed the art. In the line of building material they are able to furnish marble and 
granite of a superior quality and in any quantity, of a grade that is acknowledged to be of the 
highest standard. There is no granite produced in this country superior to the famous Quincy 
granite, which has been known and used for more than seventy-five years. They are also 
pleased to submit designs and estimates on all classes of building and monumental work, and 
are prepared to set monumental and cemetery work in any part of the country. 

The well-known firm of Chandler & Barber, located at 15 and 17 Eliot street, Boston, was 
established in 1888, and consists of Milton A. Chandler and D. Fletcher Barber. The firm 
are wholesale and retail dealers in all kinds of builders' hardware and manual training appa- 
ratus. They are also New England agents for Prescotts' sliding-door hangers and other appli- 
ances. They have supplied the hardware used in many of the public buildings in Boston; also, 
in the Castle Square Theatre, Tremont Theatre, and many other buildings in this city and 
elsewhere. Their trade is very extensive, and comes from all parts of the country. A large 
stock of the best grade of goods in the several lines is constantly carried, and the firm have a 
splendid reputation for reliability and square dealing, which is deservedly appreciated by their 
many customers. One of the specialties dealt in is Sloyd and manual training school tools 
and supplies, and in this line they carry a very large and complete assortment of the latest and 
most improved appliances. In filling all orders for tools they are carefully selected with a 
view to their usefulness and the work to be accomplished. Catalogues, illustrating the differ- 
ent tools and ajipliances, together with price lists, are furnished on application, and satisfaction 
is guaranteed those wdio purchase their supplies from this house. 

The firm of Gershom T. Burnham & Co., contractors, carpenters, and Ijuilders, was estab- 
lished in 1858. The firm name has been changed, first to Snow & Burnham, and then to 
G. T. Burnham & Co., as at present. The office of the company is at 7G Beverly street. Mr. 
Rufus M. Meguire, who was at one^ time a member of this firm, was an officer of the Boston 
Fusiliers and went to the front Avith his company in the late war, where he served three years. 
He died soon after returning home. Among the buildings which have been erected or upon 
which the wood work has been ilone by this firm are the Custom House at Barnstable, the 



428 



A HALF ( EXTURY OF BOSTON' S BUILDIXC,. 



Mutual Life Insurancf Compan}- of Xew York's building in Boston ; the Luther Y. Bell Gram- 
mar School in Somerville, the George C. Richardson block on Devonshire street, several Imild- 
ings for the Sears estate, George C. iticliardson's house on Beacon street. ]\Irs. Abigail 
Armstrong's store Imilding on ^Yashington street, tlie building occupied by ^MaeuUar, Parker & 
Williams, the Bromtiehl School building at Harvard, and nniny others. This list of buildings 
is sufficient to show the class of work done by this well-known firm. 

Holmes Brothehs, contractors and builders, 7 Water street, began business in 1876, and 
have been a most successful firm, building during the past nineteen years some of the handsome 
modern church and institute buiklings. wliicli have given them a reputation for workmanship 

second to none. Among 
some of these structures 
Avhich are particularly 
worth}' of mention are 
the Institute Imilding at 
Yalley Falls ; St. Francis' 
Church, New Haven ; St. 
^Mary's Church, Dedham; 
the First Presbyterian 
Church; St. Marj-'s 
Church, Chapel and Par- 
sonage ; the People's 
Chapel, one of the largest 
and handsomest church 
buildings in the city; the 
Sailor's Home at East 
Boston; the Harris Cres- 
cent, on Harold street; 
St. Augustine's school 
building on E street ; St. 
ilary's Church, Charles- 
town; and a very large 
number of other churches, 
school buildings, apart- 
ment hotels, gymnasiums, 
private residences, etc.. all over New England. Tliey are contractors and builders for doing all 
kinds of construction work, whether of stone, brick, or wood, and have a large force of skilled 
workmen in their employ, so that they are able to guarantee their work and in this way they 
have built up their trade, and to-day they hold a place in the front rank of prominent builders 
in the city. 

The firm of Chute & Bagloe, carpenters and builders, was established in 1888, and the 
office of the firm is at IG Walthaui street. They do a general business in carpentry and build- 
iuo-, and among the buildings which they have erected are the block numbered 278t)-27<.)0 




FIRST ri;F,SBVrKl;lAX lTUl:i II. 



A HALF CES'TUKY OF BOSTON'S BUILDING. 429 

AVasliington street, in the Roxbury district; that at the corner of School and Washington 
streets, at Jamaica J'lain ; and tlie one at 24 Elmore street, iu Eoxbury. The firm has an 
excellent reputation for workmanship, and there are many buildings in the erection of which 
they have been emjiloyed to do the wood work that are evidences of their skill and workman- 
ship. In connection with their other business they are the Boston agents for the Bailey 
Clothes Reel, one of the most improved and convenient reels on the market. This reel fastens 
to the door or window, and by its arrangement all the (dothes are put upon it in the house, 
saving the trouble of going out of doors to hang the clothes, a convenience tliat is appreciated 
in the winter time when there is snow on the ground, or in blocks where it is necessary 
to go down several flights of stairs to hang the clothes by the old method. They are always 
l^leased to furnish any desired information when applied to. Their trade extends all over 
Xew England, and is very large. 

M. F. Si'LLivAN, 65 Atlantic avenue, Ijegan business iu 1870, and does a general business 
as carpenter and builder. He has built a number of large and notable buildings in different 
parts of the citj-, including the buildings at the corner of Charter and Foster streets, corner of 
Margaret and Prince streets, corner of Vine street and Mt. Pleasant avenue, the Washington 
Hall in South Boston, and a building for the Commercial Wharf Company. He has a very 
high reputation among the trade, and is a man of high standing in tlie communit}-. 

Ben.tamin Rockwell, 14 Learned street, does a general business as a carpenter and 
builder, and is well known in Dorchester, where he has done a great deal of work, both in the 
erection of new buiklings and in general repairs and jobbing. He is a thoroughlj- competent 
and reliable workman, and has a high reputation among the trade. 

J. F. Houghton & Sox, 99 Green street, Jamaica Plain, make a specialty of lieating appa- 
ratus by hot-water circulation, in connection with old furnaces or by sujiplying direct jilants 
for the purpose. Their system is one which presents many features recommending it, both 
for economy and the results obtained. One of their specialties is the Jamaica Hot Water 
Attachment, which consists of a hollow disc or liub, tapped at its circumference to receive 
fourteen one and a quarter inch pipes or spokes, which may be extended the diameter of the 
interior of the furnace, and closed at their outer ends ; flow and return pipes are also provided 
for. This device can be applied to any of the ordinary makes of furnaces, nuiking them 
heaters for hot-water circulation ; thus saving the expense of an entire new plant, where it is 
desired to change the system. Having given special attention to tl)is line of work, and being 
fitted up with the tools and appliances for its successful prosecution, this concern is in a posi- 
tion to do this work in the best and most satisfactory manner. Wliile they make a specialty 
of the above work they are also prepared to do a general plumbing business, and have exe- 
ciited many large contracts in both lines. With more than thirty years' experience they are 
qualified to undertake any contract, and the confidence which the public have in their ability 
and the satisfaction which their work has invariably given is the best recommendation of 
their skill and workmanship. Among some of the more important buildings which they have 
equipped are the elegant bowling alley of the Jamaica Club; Arcanum Hall, one of the 'finest 
society buildings in the city ; three of the apartment houses of F. Mattern ; besides stables 
and studios, private dwellings and business blocks, in different parts of the city. Tliey are 



430 A HALF CENTURY^ OF BOSTOX's BUILDING. 

manufacturers of the devices which they deal in, and keep skilled workmeii to do the work. 
The Jamaica Hot Water Attachment is a very simple device, and when attached to an ordinary 
furnace makes it equal to a boiler built especially for the purpose and saves a great amount 
of expense. They have a large number of these in use in the city and surrounding towns, and 
have some very flattering testimonials from those who have used the attachment in connection 
with the different styles of hot-air furnaces. Houghton & Son are always glad to show their 
attachments and to give any information in regard to them that may be desired. 

C. H. Belledeu, .5 Province court, Boston, does a general line of building, carpenter and 
cabinet work, making a specialty of office and store fittings, store fronts, and alteration jobs. 
He has had a large experience in this line of work which has fitted him for it especially. He 
has done a good business in his line in the city, having fitted and altered a great number of 
buildings and stores in the past few years, doing the Avork in a most satisfactory and workman- 
like manner. He has the best of facilities for doing work in his line, and his business is 
growing rapidly. His customers are some of the largest property owners in the city. 

The Park Theatre, under the management of the veteran manager, ]\Ir. John Stetson, is 
one of the most popular places of amusement in the city. Mr. Stetson's long experience in the 
theatre business lias made him thoroughly acquainted with the requirements and demands of 
modern play-houses, and he never offers the public anything but the very best in the way of 
talent or entertainment. The Park is one of the liandsomest theatres in the country, and 
thousands of dollars have been spent in furnishing and equipping it to nuike it one of the 
most attractive and enjoyable. The ijopularity which it has gained, and the high class of 
talent employed, both speak very highly for the house and the management. The fall and 
winter season of 1895-6 opens August 26, and Mr. Stetson promises to make it one of the 
most enjoyable and attractive in the history of Boston theatres. 

The firm of Lovering Brothers & Soule, consisting of Hiram A. Lovering, Harrison Lovering, 
and William G. Soule, are extensive dealers in plate glass to be used in buildings of all kinds. 
Tliey have a trade which extends all over New England, and among some of tlie buildings in 
tliis city wliich have been supplied by them are the White biulding on Boylston street, 
Roughan building in Charlestown, Mason & Hamlin building on Boylston street, the Pitts, 
Kimball & Lewis building on Washington street, and many others. They carry a very large 
stock of plate glass and fill all orders promptly and in a satisfactory manner. 

The old and reliable Eockport Granite Companj% which has been establislied since 186-4, 
has its quarries at Cape Ann and elsewhere. This company do a very large quarrying business 
and furnish granite in the rough or dressed in any way that may be required, and have a very 
extensive trade all over this country and considerable export. The granite used in the Boston 
Post Office, Suffolk County Court House, the Charlestown State Prison, and a great many 
other equally prominent buildings, came from the quarries owned by them. They are now 
furnisliing the stone for the Boston subway, and the dressed granite for the foundation of the new 
Tremont building and several new school buildings. Tliis company furnisli a very large part 
of the stone for building purposes in this section of tlie country, and have the best of facilities 
for getting out the material jiromptly and in the very best manner. The Cape Ann granite 
has a very liigli n ]iutation ;is a building stone, being very solid and taking a splendid finish. 



A HALF CEN^TUKY OF BOSTON'S BUILDIXG. 431 

Kixg's Windsor Cement Dry Mortar is a preijared cement, for plastering walls, ceilings, 
or solid partitions, and is ready for immediate use by adding water only. It is ver}- miicli 
harder than lime mortar, more dense, and saves valuable time in the completion of a building 
by its quick drying. This cement is being highly recommended, by those in authority, for use 
in connection with wire lath as a fire-jiroof material. It is applied in the same manner as 
lime mortar and by the same workmen. Its reputation is established and merits recognized. 
The following are a few of the many buildings in this city throughout which this material has 
recently been used : New Tremont Temple, New Union Station, Carter building, Traveller 
building, Castle Square Theatre, Belvoir and AVestgate hotels. City Hospital buildings, school- 
houses, the First Church of Christ, the Boston Manufacturers' Mutual Fire Insurance Com- 
pany's block, and the extensive addition to E. H. White's block on Wasliington street. The 
office of the company is at 16(5 Devonshire street. 

The Quinc\- House is one of the best conducted hotels in New England. It is noted for 
its excellence and elaborate ajipointments. It is situated in the very heart of the city, two 
minutes' walk from Faneuil Hall, near all principal points of interest, and street cars pass the 
door to depots and all parts of tlie city. The proprietors pride themselves on the reputation 
of the cuisine and table, which is of the best in New England, everything being served on the 
most liberal scale. 

The fire-escape equipment consists of a system of outside iron stairways and balconies, pass- 
ing immediately in front of the windows on every floor, and leading from the roofs of the vast 
caravansary to witliin easy reach of the ground. The stairways and balconies are amply pro- 
tected with balustrades and guard rails, so that a child of five could easily reach the ground 
from any floor without any danger greater than accompanies descending any flight of stairs. 

Twenty -eight gongs, conveniently located in the corridors so as instantly to communicate an 
alarm to all parts of tlie house, are subjected to a weekly test at noon, each Saturday, to 
demonstrate that they are in working order. Captain Damrell and his able assistant, Levi W. 
Shaw, have superintended the construction of these tire escapes from start to finish, and the 
proprietors of the Quincy, Sinclair & Mann, express the highest measure of grateful apprecia- 
tion of the department's thoroughly intelligent and skillful work in laying out and directing 
the progress of this improvement, the money cost of which reaches the surprising sum of 
$12,000. 

The Lanesville Granite Compaxy. who.se yards are at Lanesville, i\Iass., have furnished 
a great deal of building material for the local trade. The business was established in 1873, 
and the firm deal in rough and liammered granite for building purposes, taking contracts for all 
kinds of work in this line. Among some of the work which they have done are the foundations 
for the new Tremont House block, and many others. The Boston office is at the Master 
Builders' Association, 16(3 Devonshire street. 

One of the firms dealing in materials that are largely used by all contractors and builders, 
and in all offices, is Frost & Adams, 37 Cornhill. They are dealers in all kinds of mathemat- 
ical instruments, T-squares, scales, curves, triangles, and all kinds of architects' and engineers' 
supplies, drawing paper, blue-process paper, artists' materials, and picture frames. They issue 
a neat catalogue of their goods, which they send to customers on apjjlication. 



432 



A HALF CENTURY OF UOSTON ,S BUILDING. 




The Butcher Polish Company, 9 Haverhill street, are nianufactuvers of the celebrated 
Butcher Polish, acknowledged to be the best finish, for floors, interior wood work, and furniture. 
It is put up iu cans of convenient size, ready for use, and is sold by all dealers in painters' 
supplies. This polish has been very extensively used in this city and has always given the 
very best of satisfaction. 

The old Merchants' Hotel, at 13 Change avenue, is one of the oldest and best known hotels 
in the business part of the city and has a large patronage. It is centrally located and very 
convenient for those having business in or around the market and stock exchange. H. W. 
Cottle is the proprietor, and he spares no pains or expense to make his house one of the best. 

Sargent & Cunningham, are the proprietors of several 
hotels. One of these is the Hotel Oxford, on Huntington 
aveiiue, one of the modern hotel structures in this most desirable 
part of the city. It is handsomely finished and elegantly fur- 
nished, and is run on the European plan. Another is the Exeter 
Chambers, on Exeter street, one of the most popular of the Back 
Bay hotels, being very elaborately furnished and having every mod- 
ern convenience. It is a favorite resort for society people and is 
run on the American plan. Its location is one of the best, being 
convenient to reach from any part of the city. They are also 
proprietors of the famous " The Haynes," hotel in Springfield, 
Mass. This is one of the best located and most liberally patron- 
ized hotels in Springfield. 

Joseph Ufheil & Co. are well known to the trade as dealers in artificial stone, and 
contractors for stone and asphalt work of all kinds. They do a large business in the line of 
laying sidewalks, cellars, roofs, floors, hallways, etc. They make a specialty of artificial 
stone work laid in colors, and their business is constantly increasing. Their office is located at 
2o Faneuil Hall square, where they are always pleased to meet customers, give estimates, and 
show samples. This firm has done work on Hartford, Egleston, and School streets ; also, at 
American Brewery and Norfolk Brewery, etc. 

XicHOL.As White, whose exjierience as a builder fits him to do anything iu tlie line of 
building, has been identified with the building trade for many j-ears and is a thoroughly 
competent and reliable business man. He has done a great deal of building in and around 
Boston and has a splendid reputation among the trade. His office is at the corner of Tremont 
and Beacon streets, in the Albion Iniilding. 

John M,\ck, Jr., and Jamks W. Moore, doing business under the firm name of Mack 
& Moore, with an office in tlie new Smith building at Court square, are among the well-known 
masons and contractors who have done a great deal of building in and around the city, always 
giving tlie very best of satisfaction wherever employed. They also do a general business 
in bnilding rejiairing in all its branches. They are called in competition by all the leading 
architects, having gained a wide reputation for close figuring and first-class workmanshii), as 
they employ only the best workmen. 



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HOTEL BELVOIE, BEACOX STKEET. 
BY PERMISSION BlISTOX HEItALli. 




KOSSUTH HALL, TREMONT STREET, ROXBURY. 
BY PEl;_\IISSIOX BOSTON HERALD. 



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A HALF CEXTURY OF BOSTON" S BUILDING. 



433 



The Folsom Snow Guard Company, of this city, are the manufacturers of the patent snow 
guards that are now being used nn all the modern slate-roof Iniildings, and they have done an 
immense business in this line since the introduction of the guard, which is the only practical 
roof snow guard on the market. The city of Boston has adopted them for use on all the later 
school buildings ; and besides these, the Irvington street armory, the First Spiritual Temple, 
the Park square station of the New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad, and many other 
prominent biiildings, have been furnished with the guards by this company. The guard itself 
is a very simple little device, but it is very effective; and, where a slate roof is used, it is found 
to be a perfect guard against the dangerous snow-slides that give a great deal of unpleasant- 
ness unless something is done to prevent them from coming down upon the heads of passers-by. 
All the modern buildings are supplied with this little device, and it has given the best of 
satisfaction wherever used. 

J. M. E. MoKKiLL, 148 Centre street, Dorchester district, 
does a general business as a carpenter and builder, making a 
specialty of large public buildings and fine private residences. 
He has had years of experience in the eonstrvietion of the 
above class of buildings, and is thoroughly competent to do 
the work in a first-class manner. He is always pleased to 
furnish estimates on anything in the line of building. 

Among the dealers in building materials wlio have a very 
extensive and constantly increasing trade all through New Eng- 
land, are Ham & Carter, dealers in brick, lime, cement, plaster, 
hair, sand, sewer and drain pipe; etc. They have two depots for 
the sale of these goods, one at 561) Albany street and another 
at 82 Clifton street, at Dudley station. Tliis company have 
been in the business a great many years and are widely and 
favorably known to the building trade. They carry a very 
large stock of all kinds of materials mentioned and fill all 
orders promptly. Their facilities are the very best for carrying 
on this kind of a business, and their methods are such as to 
meet the approval of their large and growing list of customers 
and patrons. They have supplied materials in their line for a 
great many of the modern structures in this eitv and thev have 
always given the very best of satisfaction. 

Richard P. Slatteuv & Co., 78 Essex street, do a general business in plumbing and gas 
fitting, making a specialty of drainage and ventilation. The firm has a splendid reputation for 
the skillful manner in which they attend to all orders, and tliey have done a large amount of 
work in and around the city. They are experts in the line of drainage and ventilation, and in 
this line have a very large trade. 

Among the real estate dealers who have worked up a large business in the past few years 
none have been more successful than Frost P>rothers, 31 Milk street. They do a general busi- 
ness in real estate and mortgages, making a specialty of building and selling new houses on 




.T. M. K. moerill. 



434 



A HALF C?:NTUEV OF BOSTOX S BUILDIXG. 



easy terms and developing ne^v tracts of land. This has been a very important feature in the 
real estate business for the past few years, as the demand for suburban houses has been rapid- 
ly increasing. This firm has developed a number of very desirable tracts of land in the 
suburban districts, bnilding houses and stores thereon and selling them for homes and busi- 
ness purposes ; among -which are the stores Xos. 90, 92, 94 and 96 South street ; Hotel 
Guildford, 220 Clarendon street; Hotel Denmark, Dudley street; and forty or fifty 
desirable houses at the Dudley street station, besides many smaller houses in other districts. 
They have been very successful in disposing of their houses, as they build none but first-class 
ones and offer them at very reasonable prices. 

John Mattsox, dealer in real estate, 28 School street. The real estate interests of Boston 
and its many pretty suburbs are in a most prosperous condition and are rapidly growing in 
value. Among the youngest, best known and most prosperous of those engaged in the busi- 
ness as real estate agents is Mr. Mattson, whose office is located at 28 School street. He 
possesses a thorough knowledge of the values of real estate, and he has carried through suc- 
cessfully many important transactions in this line. Mr. Mattson has constructed a large 
assortment of homes for sale in the various suburbs and makes a specialty 
of foreclosure sales, and building residences in the suburbs and selling 
them on easy terms. Jlr. IMattson has always a large assortment of 
city and suburban estates for sale. He conducts a general business in 
buying, selling, leasing, and e.xchanging property of all kinds, collecting 
rents, securing tenants, negotiating loans and mortgages, assuming the 
management of estates, and effecting fire insurance in all first-class com- 
panies, including the German-American, of Xew York, for which he is 
agent. He first came to Boston in 1884. He is a member of several 
masonic bodies, being a member of the JMassachnsetts Consistory and 
Boston Commandery of Knights Templars, and is the i)resident of the 
Swedish Building Society. Mr. Mattson is doubtless the most puslung 
and enterprising real estate dealer in Boston, and is Well deserving of 
the success he has achieved. ]Mr. jMattson is also the sole owner and 
publisher of the Argus, the leading Swedish newspaper in New England. 
The first coi)y appeared about three years ago. It has proven a great 
success from the verj- start. 

JOHX MATTSOX. 

The Jakvis Exgixeerixg Cujipaxv is well known to the steam 
users throughout the country, and it is not necessary to recount the many contracts they 
have taken and carried to comi^letion to the satisfaction of all parties interested. The com- 
pany make a specialty of equijjping electric light and power jilants, and also expert setting of 
steam boilers for mills and factories. They also work in connection witli the steam heating 
and ventilating contractors, having special facilities for the steam-pipe trenches and plaster 
ducts for hot-air transmission, controlling all radiation. Twenty years" continuous business 
in Boston is enough to establish their reliability, not mentioning their many agencies in differ- 
ent parts of the country. The company have a large plant for the manufacture of the sjiecial- 
ties in their line and where all fitting up and rejiair work is done. This company have done a 




A DVEBTISEMENTS. 



435 



K. M. Jarvis, Pres. 



J. X. Pratt, Treas. and Gen'l Mgr. 



JARVIS ENGINEERING CO., 

6i OLIVER ST., BOSTON. 

Engineers and Contractors, 

BOILER SETTING AND JOBBING MASON WORK A SPECIALTY. 



Jarvis Patent Furnace, Korting^'s Induction Condenser, Watson & Miiller Trap, 

Armington & Sims Engine, American Feed Water Heaters, Korting Double Tube Injector, 
Nat'l Rocking Grate Bars, Sheffield Grate Bars. Steam Boilers, 

New World Power Pumps, and other Steam Supplies. 



GEO. H. LINCOLN & CO., 


Webster, Dixon & Co., 


IRON ^^ FOUNDERS, 

Trea,d.s, ISisers 


MASONS 


BUILDING IRON WORK. 


-fBUILDERS4- 




Estimates Furnished from Patterns, 




Foundry, Alger Street, 


466 Broadway, 


SOUTH BOSTON. 


CHELSEA, ■ ■ MASS. 



436 A UAI.K CKXITKV OK HOST0x"s lU' ILI) I XG. 

very large amount of work in this city in couuectiou with the eiiuipping of buildings and 
manufaeturiug plants with sti>ani and electric apparatus and have a trade which extends all 
over the country. 

The Jarvis Patent Furnace, of which they are proprietors, has had a long and successful 
career, and is aecej)ted as one of the satisfactory appliances for the cousuuiptimi i>f snu)kc. and 
at the same time adds to the •efficiency of the boilers. The idea of increasing the space for 
combustion, by raising the boilers from the grates, was first adopted by them in this country, 
and to-day all intelligent boiler builders have adopted the plan. A boiler, of whatever design, 
set bj- this company will ha\e every device known to combine strength, efficiency, and 
economy. 

In ct)unectiou with their regular work they have the agency for L. Schutte & Co."s steam 
jet apparatus for the New England States; also, the xVnierican Feed Water Heater, manufac- 
tured by the AVhitloc'lv ('oil Fipe Company, Elmwood, Ct. 

This company has from the first handled first-class goods, among the nu)st noted being the 
Armington iS: Sims Automatic Engine, which is favorably known and useil in connection with 
electric light and power plants in about every country on the globe. 

W. A. i^ H. A. RoiiT are among the best known building contractors in New England, and 
have erected a great many of the most prominent buildings in Boston and other cities. They 
began business in 1872, and since that time have been prominently identified with the building 
trade. Among the buildings which they have erected are the Court House at Worcester; town 
halls at Canton, Stoughton, and 'W'alpole; the Brewster Memorial Hall and Academy building 
at Wolfboro, N, H.; the Children's Hospital and the Elysium Club building; the Aged Couple's 
Home ; Kossuth Hall : and the following hotels and business blocks in this city: Hotel Adelphi, 
Comfort, Kugby, Eustis, and Young's ; business blocks for L. 1'. Hollander, Copenhagen, 
Whitney, Eichards, Kobinson, Curtis, Ferdinand's Blue Store, and numy others; manufacturing 
establishments for French & Ward and Draper Brothers, Canton; Whittier Machine Company 
and Boston Cordage Company, South Jioston ; Kennedy's Cracker Works, Cambridge ; and 
many others. The firm has made a specdalty of l)uilding breweries, having erected them for 
A. J. Hougldon & Co., Norfolk Brewing Coni))any, American Brewing Company, Revere 
Brewery, Elmwood Spring Brewery, Koessle's, and several others. They have also erected a 
great numy private residences and other costly buildings all over New England. 

The jMaoee Fi'KN.\ce Compaxy is too well known to need any further introduction to the 
public. The business was first established in 18(57, and for nearly thirty years the Magee fur- 
nace has been recognized as the standard all over the country. The specialties of the company 
are furnaces and ranges for dwelling-houses, and in these lines they have always been at the 
head of the procession. I'robably no concern in New England can approach them in the ex- 
tent of business done. They do a wholesale business chiefly, and their trade extends all over 
the United States. They have agents in all the j'rincipal cities and towns in the country, 
through whom they reach the trade. The first Magee ranges were made in 1856, but the pre- 
sent corjioration was not formed until 18()7. Mr. ,John Magee, the original patentee of these 
goods and for many years actively and successfully engaged in their nuximfacture, has retired 
from the business. The present officers of the company are Frank A. Magee, president; Albert 
N. Parliu, treasurer. 



A HALF CENTURY OF BOSTOx's UUILDIXG. 437 

OxE of tlie largest iron-working plants in New England is tliat of the Mechanics' Iron 
Foundry Coni]jany, located at 38 Kciiible street. This company are manufacturers of iron 
castings of all kinds, and are licensees and sole manufacturers for New England of the Ban- 
nister Rocking Grate, which is more durable and can be run with less labor and a smaller 
amount of fuel than any otlier grate that has ever been put on the market, as can be jiroven 
by the many thousand stpuire feet now in use in tlie city of Boston and vicinity. This 
foundry is well equipped for doing large and heavy work, and has all the modern apjiliances 
for doing it in the best and most satisfactory manner. The product of tlie company goes all 
over New England, and their trade is constantly increasing. The plant has been established 
over forty-five years and its products have become well known to the trade, among whom it 
has a high reputation. Tlie officers of the company arc F. W. (iiliby, president; J. A. (Jald- 
well, treasurer. 

BuiLDUKs and contractors are always looking i'or iiiforniation I'clating to Iniilding and 
engineering enterprises, and in order to supply this information in a reliable form a system 
has been adopted by F. W. Dodge & Co. for tliis express purpose. It is known as the Con- 
struction Information Agency, and its information covers New England, New York, and New 
Jersey. Advance and authentic information, concerning all building and engineering enter- 
prises proposed or in progress, is obtained by direct personal investigation by traveling repre- 
sentatives employed for this special purpose. Tlie information thus obtained is furnished to 
subscribers, thus enabling them to know wliat is needed in their line. The agency is patron- 
ized by the leading firms, as being the only satisfactory system yet introduced offering a reli- 
able means of communication witli prospective buyers. The Boston office is at 14G Franklin 
street, and the New York office in Cammeyer building. Sixth avenue, corner Twentieth street, 
where an entire floor is occupied as the New York Building Material Exhibit, the only institu- 
tion of its kind in New York. The firm is always pleased to give any desired information to 
the trade in relation to the workings and benefits of the system, which has a rapidly growing 
patronage among the best representatives of the building and engineering trades throughout 
New England, New York, and New Jersey. This is certainly a great help to those who are 
engaged in the manufacture and sale of building materials of all kinds in these times, when it 
is ijnportant to keep posted in order to secure business. 

The Asbestos Pai'ek Company, 71 Kilby street, are manufacturers of and dealers in all 
kinds of asbestos goods, making a specialty of asbestos steam-pipe and boiler covering. They 
have a very extensive trade all over the country, and their goods are in general use in steam 
]dants in this city. Tlie company are well known to the trade and have a very high reputa- 
tion for their jn'oduct. Tliey are always pleased to (piote jiriccs on anything in their line 
when requested to do so. 

E. A. Carlisle, Pope & Co., as successors to Levi Boles & Son, continue the business 
established by the latter firm as dealers in doors, glazed wimlows, blinds, window and door 
frames, weights, cords, etc., and are also importers of foreign window glass. Their place of 
business is at Haymarket square, on the corner of Sudbury street. They do a very large and 
constantl}' increasing business, and are one of the oldest and most reliable firms in tlie busi- 
ness. 



438 A HALF CKNTURY OF liOSTOx's KUILDIXG. 

^Ieai>, ^Iasox & Co., general contractors and builders, are among the largest eoncerus in 
this line of biTsiness in this part of the country. They have a large wood-working factory at 
Concord. X. H. Their offices are at the factory: at ^fanchester, X. H.; at 820 Madison 
avenue, Xew York; and at 13 Exchange street, Boston. They make a specialty of large wood 
brick, and stone buildings, having the facilities for completing contracts for every part of the 
construction work and keeping a large force of skilled mechanics in their employ. They have 
bnilt a number of large buildings in this city, and are well known to the trade all through the 
country. 

The system of electric heat alarms manufactured by the Electric Heat Alarm Companj', 
14") High street, is the most perfect system ever invented, and is highly endorsed by the 
insurance companies and professional men generally. The system consists of an electrically 
controlled device, which gives an alarm automatically whenever the room in which it is located 
becomes overheated, either from the breaking out of a fire or any other cause liable to result in 
a tire. These alarms are for use in mills, factories, stores, warehouses, hotels, private dwell- 
ings, and jiublic buildings. There is also manufactured a journal alarm, for giving an alarm 
in case of overlieated bearings in mills and factories. The company issue a very ueat little 
catalogue, giving a full and detailed description of the sj-stem, which they mail on application. 
The system is endorsed by the I'nited States Government, and by such men and firms as 
Governor Morton of X"ew York, the Pullman Palace Car Company, Johnson & Howe Lumber 
Company, Vernon Worsted Com])any, the chief of the Boston Fire Department, and a great 
many others, including many prominent insurance companies. 

Great comfort is derived, in many of our modern buildings, by the use of awnings, which 
shut out the strong rays of the sun, yet do not materially darken the room nor interfere with 
the admission of air from the windows. 

Probablj- a greater part of such ajjpliances in use in Boston to-day are manufactured by the 
house of Robert ^filler iS: Co., of 230 State street, who have been established since 1847, 
and who have supplied their goods all over tlie country, increasing with their business their 
reputation as manufacturers of standard goods. 

In addition to the manufacture of awnings, this house also nuike all styles of tents, from 
the simple "A"' tent to the elaborate fancy patterns of palmetto and bell tents. 

They are also headquarters for all kinds of sails, which tliey are cajiable of supplying for 
the smallest yacht or canoe or for the largest merchant vessel ; and also for the best quality of 
bunting flags, in all patterns, national flags. Union Jacks, and j-acht ensigns. 

They also manufacture gymnasium mats, with which they have supplied the gymnasiums 
of the Boston Young Men's Christian Association and many other leading gymnasiums all over 
the United States (•• Roberts '' Gymnasium Mat a specialty-). Special mail bags for business 
houses are made to order in any size. 

They occupy at present over three stories of floor space, and make a specialty of tak- 
ing down and putting up awnings, storing and insuring, and with the best of references from 
largest business houses they hold the confidence of the public. 

The well-known hardware firm of Burditt & 'Williams, located at 20 Dock square, is one of 
the oldest in the citv, having been established for more than thirtv-five years in a building 



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which has been a hardware store for more than a hundred years. They carry the largest and 
most complete line of builders' hardware east of New York, and have a very extensive trade 
all over New England. They have the facilities for making goods to order, and are prep)ared 
to make estimates and figure schedules. They have furnished tlie hardware for a very large 
number of the notable buildings in the city, as well as for the private residences. Their 
assortment is very complete, and when anything not carried in stock is required it is made to 
order, all work of this kind being skillfull}' and promptly done. The following list gives a 
few of the prominent buildings, the hardware for which was furnished by this enterprising 
house: Exchange building, State street; Chamber of Commerce; Sears building, Washington 
street; Rogers building, AVashington street; Farlow building, State street; Hotels Victoria 
and Eoyal ; Smith building. 

A. BiLAFSKY is one of the well-known contractors of the city, who lias built up a very 
large business, and has the esteem and respect of the pulilic and the trade in general. His 
office is at 27 School street. He is always pleased to make estimates on buildings of all kinds, 
and has the facilities for doing vv'ork of this kind promptly and in the very best of style. He 
has built a great many structures in different parts of the city, and has a very high reputation 
among the trade. He has had many years of experience, and is a careful and conscientious 
builder. Many of the modern buildings in the North and West Ends of this city have been 
erected under his supervision, and at present the block being erected on Westland avenue, at 
the Back Bay, will be the model apartment house of the city. 

C. D. Redmond, o7 Providence street, does a general business as carpenter and builder' 
making a specialty of putting in store fronts, office work, and general jobbing and remodeling. 
He has the best of facilities for doing this class of work, and with years of experience to aid 
him is able to do the work in a most skillful and satisfactory manner. He has done a great 
deal of work for many of the best houses in the city, and has a very high reputation for 
honesty and square dealing. 

OxE of the most important jiieces of apparatus in connection with the equipment of mod- 
ern buildings is the elevator. Every building of modern design and construction, intended, 
for business purposes, has to be provided with an elevator for the accommodation of its ten. 
ants. Among those who are the largest manufacturers of elevators for all purposes are the 
Moore & Wyman Elevator and Machine Works, corner of Granite and Richards streets. South 
Boston, who are the successors of Otis Tufts, the inventor of the passenger elevator. They 
are makers of the latest aiul most improved pattern of electric passenger elevator, which com- 
bines the highest speed with economy in operation and the most perfect safety. The move- 
ment of the car is perfectly smooth, and it is provided with a brake operated by electricity, and 
a patent automatic regulator, which prevents all jar to passengers as well as to the machinery. 
It is almost perfectly noiseless, and is especially adapted to office buildings and private res- 
idences. During the past few years this company have put in a very large number of their 
elevators in this city, and they have given the best of satisfaction in every instance. The 
company also make steam, hydraulic, aiul belt elevators, and their trade is all over the coun- 
try. The works at South Boston are very large, and thoroughly equipped with all the latest 
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elevat( I's and maelnneiT, and thf^y employ a large force of skilled workmen, who are kept busy 
tilling orders for their g-oods. Catalogues and prices will be furnished on application. 

Some of the jn-ominent buildings in this city using the elevators built and erected by this 
company are the following : The large dry-goods house of Jordan, Maish & Co. (for whom 
they have built over twenty jiassenger and freight elevators, and who without doubt have the 
finest elevators in this city), Taylor building, Sears building, Mr. John Stetson's Hotel Savoy, 
Bowdoin building, Carney Hospital, Wentworth building. Stone building, and over six hun- 
dred otlier office and mercantile buildings and warehouses in this city alone. 

FiiAXK G. Coiu'iiN, successor to Joseph W. Cuburn, mason Iniilder and contractor, has a 
reccu'd for skill, integrity, and first-class mechanical ability as a builder, extending over a 
period of seventy-one years. This house, which was established in 1824, has left the imprint 
of its skillful haiuliwork upon several of the landmai-ks of Boston. It has constructeil build- 
ings calling for a thorough mastery of the art of mason 
constniction in this and other states, during its long, 
successful, and highly creditable career. Probably the 
most noteworthy and enduring structures of masonry 
that permanently attest to tlie ability of the house, are 
Bunker Hill ]\[iinument, the lighthouses erected by order 
of the government along the coast of Maine, the old Fitch- 
burg depot, and the Boston Museum. The masonry on 
eitlier one of these works called for both technical and 
mechanical ability. That the buildings were constructed 
iu a manner creditable to the city of Boston, the United 
States, anil to the house of Frank G. Coburn, can be 
vouched for by the thousands who have for years visited 
the Boston ^Nfuseum, the old Fitchburg depot, and the 
many thousands wlio have visited, and who will in the 
future visit. Bunker Hill Monument. In more recent years 
the house has added to its i)restige and reputation, as 
first-rlass mason builders, by the erection of a large num- 
ber of buildings in many of the towns of Massachusetts. 
A few buildings among the number that it has placed to 
its credit within recent date are the large carriage factory 
(if Henderson Brothers in Nortli Cambridge, the George 
W. Durrell school-house in Sduierville, the Jledford police 
station, and nunu:'rinis higli-class brick houses in Bniokline. 
Proliably no builder in the city of J>ost(>n has a i)rouder or 
more successful history. All who do business with this house will obtain all that their 
contract calls for, both in material and skill; and its reputation for square dealing is perhaps 
a higher and more enduring tribute than is Bunker Hill Monument, which is such a strik- 
ingly prominent testimonial to its constructive and meclianical ability. 

A. G. KocKWOop, who has succeeded Hawthorne & Son in the plumbing business at 35 1-2 
Province street, is a practical plumber of long experience and with a good reputation as a 





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careful and skillful workman. He does a general lmsine.ss in the line of plumbing and sanitary 
work, and has a very good trade among the best class of customers. He has all the facilities 
for doing first-class work, and has completed a number of large contracts in the city, giving 
the best of satisfaction to all concerned. He makes a specialty of house phimbing and has 
gained a reputation for reliability and satisfactory work which has won him the patronage of 
the very best class of trade. His prices aje reasonable and he is very prompt in perforuiing 
his contracts. 

W. A. Sanborn, manufacturer of and dealer in face and common brick, has furnished the 
brick for a large number of the latest and most noted buildings in this city and throughout 
New England. He has large yards at Somerviile, and also at Exeter, N. H. He is a member 
of the Master Builders' Association, and has an order box at the rooms, 166 Devonshire street, 
Boston. His post-office address is 60 Chauncey avenue, Somerviile. Among some of the 
modern buildings for which lie lias furnished material are the new court house in this city, 
the Irving apartment house at 64 Huntington avenue. Dr. Byrant's house on Beacon street, 
Asa Potter's house on Commonwealth avenue, and a very large number of others. He makes 
a specialty of pressed brick and a high grade of selected common brick, and has a trade all over 
the New England States. A sample of his selected common brick, may be seen in the 
building corner of Lincoln and Essex streets. Mr. Sanborn has been in the business since 1875, 
when he established himself iis above. He is well known to the building trade and is a 
highly honored and respected business man. 

The firm of Crawford & Young, plumbers, 18 Po§t Office square and 321 Warren street, 
was established in 1889, and consists of James Crawford and Joseph H. Young, both men of 
long and practical experience in the trade. They are at present doing a very large and con- 
stantly increasing business, and have the liest class of customers in the city on their list. They 
have completed some very large contracts for pbnubing and have been wonderfully successful in 
a business way. They make a specialty of sanitary work and have every facility for the prompt 
and satisfactory completion of such work. Among some of the notable buildings which they 
have done the plumbing work for are the Copley Square Hotel and Hotel Reynolds, two of 
the largest and finest hotels in the city, and the Christian Scientist Church. All of these are 
large and important buildings and required a large amount of work, which had to be done in 
the very best mannei-. The company are prepared to take contracts for all kinds of plumbing 
and sanitary work, and keep a force of skilled workmen, so that aU work is promptly and 
skillfully performed. They are always pleased to give estimates, and their prices are as low 
iis are consistent with first-class materials and workmanship. 

Among the well known and extensive contractors and builders in this part of the country 
is the firm of L. P. Soule & Son. I'liis firm are members of the Master Builders' Association, 
and their office is in the association building at 166 Devonshire street. They have erected 
some of the notable buildings, both jiidilic and private, in this city. They have been in 
business many years, have grown up with the city, and have always been identified with 
its building interests. No firm stands higher in the jiublic esteem and patronage, and they 
deserve the flattering reputation which their long and honorable career has won for them. 
They are now engaged on several large contracts, and are always to the front whenever there 



442 A HALF CEXTITRV OF BOSTOX's BriLDIXC. 

is a large or important buildin.t,' contract to be let. They have the facilities for doing all kinds 
of building complete, and the many handsome buildings which they have erected are the best 
recommendation of their skill ami business ability, which is beyond question. 

Fred. "W. Belyea, 71 Chestnut street, is well known in connection with the work of 
remodeling old buildings and the building of new ones; among them being the carpenter work 
on the Stone, Equitable, Union Bicycle and Art Mtiseum buildings. He has been established 
in the business for the past three years and since then has assisted in the construction 
of a great many of the new buildings that have been built in the cit^^ during that time, and 
has also remodeled quite a number of older buildings. He is known as a careful and experi- 
enced workman and has built up a very good trade in his line. 

The firm of Delorey Brothers, painters and decorators, was established in 1884, and their 
office is now at 226 Pleasant street. They have done a very successful and constantly 
increasing business from the start, and are now among the best-known painters and decorators 
in the city, having been employed rrpon many of the largest and most particular jobs of this 
kind. They are thoroughly practical and have the highest degree of artistic taste, which is 
an important jiart of the trade. Among some of the buildings which they have worked ujion 
are the Hotel Reynolds, Abbotsford Hotel, Hotel Brunswick, the Oxford, the United States 
Hotel, Exeter Chambers, the Charlesgate Hotel, and the American House, for all of which they 
furnished the interior painting and decorating. These are sufficiently good examples of their 
workmanship to show the taste and skill which they display in their work, and are also the best 
recommendations to tlie public of their ability. They are not confined to the city for their 
patronage, as they have customers all over jS'ew England. There is a growing demand for 
elaborate interior decoration, and almost everj^ modern building shows more or less of it. 
This, of course, calls for a greater amount of labor in tliis trade, and also for a high class of 
workmen. Delorey Brothers are prepared to take contracts for anything in this line, and are 
always pleased to give estimates when called upon to do so. 

Small Brothers, 262 Broadway, Everett, do a general business as practical plumliers, 
giving their personal attention to all work under their charge. They have had a large 
experience and are both practical workmen. The}- have done a great deal of the plumbing 
and sanitary work in Everett and other cities, and have always given the very best of 
satisfactioiL 

Charles E. Gould, 165 Westville street. Dorchester, does a general business as a carpenter 
and builder, having been estalilished in the trade for several years, during which time he has 
built quite a number of houses and done a great deal of carpenter work. He does all kinds of 
jobbing and repair work, and attends to all orders promptly. 

.ToHX Shekmax, 1177 Beacon street, Longwood, does a general business as a carpenter and 
Imilder, having facilities for doing all kinds of work promptly and in a satisfactory manner. 
He also does all kinds of furniture repairing and jobbing. He has had years of practical ex- 
perience in all departments of the work, and is a thoroughly competent and reliable workman. 
Estimates are given for all kinds of work. Among some of the houses he has built we may 
mention that of Charles H. Stearns, Brookline, cost flO.OOO; one for Jolm Wood, Jamaica 
Plain, cost f 7.O00; and one for Sidnev Smith, Newton, cost .'14.000. 




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W. E. Bertwell & Co., 51 Cliailestowu street, do a general business in steam and hot- 
water heating, being extensive contractors for the installing of plants in large or small build- 
ings, and they have equipped a very large number of the modern buildings with their system. 
They make a specialty of the Ideal Boiler, which is acknowledged to be one of the best, most 
economical, and efficient heaters now on the market. This firm did all the piping on the boil- 
ers at the new library in this city, and also at the toAvn hall in Arlington, both of which are 
very large buildings, and in which none but the best apparatus would be acceptable. The 
business was established in 1892, and has been steadily increasing, under able management and 
the best of care in the execution of all contracts, none but first-class workmen being employed. 
The firm have built up a very extensive business, with a trade which extends all over New 
England, and have made a rejijutatiou second to none for the quality of work and strict business 
principles. They have some very large contracts on hand, and are constantly adding to their 
facilities for the prompt filling of all orders for goods in their line. 

JcsEPH A. IxGALLS and Paul H. Kendrickex, under the firm name of Ingalls & Kendric- 
ken, steam and hot-water heating engineers, are manufacturers of high and low pressure, self- 
regulating steam and hot-water apparatus, for warming and ventilating dwelling-houses, public 
buildings, hospitals, school-houses, railroad stations, factories, etc., and in their line are well 
and favorably known to the building trade all over New England. They have equipped a very 
large number of important buildings with their apparatus, and it has always been done to the 
entire satisfaction of all concerned. Their facilities are unsurpassed, and with years of prac- 
tical experience in the business they know the needs of the trade and are always up to the 
times in everything in their line. The office and manufactory are located at 80 and 82 Sud- 
bury street. The factory is one of the best equipped for the manufacture of steam-heating 
apparatus in this part of the country. They are always pleased to make plans and estimates 
and take contracts for supplying heating and ventilating jalants complete, and have recently 
been awarded the contract for heating the Tremont building and Union Institution for Savings 
in this city. 

M. W. Saxds, the brick manufacturer at North Cambridge, has furnished the bricks for 
some very notable buildings, and he is among the most successful manufacturers in that line in 
New England. In the construction of the Charitable Mechanic Association building, the ex- 
posed or front bricks were manufactured by ilr. Sands. All the bricks in the construction of 
the Boston Art Club and the School of Technology buildings also came from Mr. Sands' yard. 
The front bricks in the Quiney Market cold storage building; the exposed bricks, which were 
twelve inches long, in the Trinity parsonage building; and those for the new State Armory, off 
Columbus avenue, which required 3,000,000 common bricks and which is a handsome structure, 
were also made at this yard. Mr. Sands also got all the contracts to furnish the city of Newton 
with bricks for the metropolitan system of sewerage, which took four successive years to com- 
plete and which required 10,000,000 bricks. He obtained the contract to furnish the bricks 
used in several of the Harvard College buildings — such as Sever Hall, which required 2,500,000 
bricks, and the Jefferson Laboratory, in the construction of which 2,000,000 bricks were 
needed — and in the new City Hall at Cambridge, wheie 1,500,000 common bricks were used; 
the bricks for the Cambridge Hospital and the Public Library, and all the exposed bricks' in 



444 A HALF CENTUKY OF BOSTON S BUrLDIXG. 

tile Harvard Gymnasium; wliile tlie library buildings in Arlington and Brookline and the 
Ames' Library iu North Easton contain the bricks manufactured at the above yard. Outside 
of this city a large number of buildings, including Mrs. Emmons lUaine's elegant new residence 
at Chicago, and a residence in Buffalo, X. Y., costing $100,000, were built with exposed bricks 
of Mr. Rands' make. These are sufficient to show the class of traile which Mr. Sands supplies, 
and it is because of the superior quality of his product that he is able to keep and increase his 
customers in the face of the present competition, which is very strong, especially here in Bos- 
ton. He has the best of facilities for turning out bricks in large quantities, and has a trade 
which extends as far west as Chicago. 

Tx 1889 the Boston Furnace Company succeeded to the business of Moses Pond & Co., one 
of the oldest firms in the business, having been established more than fifty years when the 
change was made. The business carried on is that of the manufacture, sale and installation of 
ail kinds of heating and cooking apparatus, and they do a very extensive business all through 
New England, to which territory they confine themselves almost entirely. The company make 
a specialty of the manufacture of Novelty steam, hot-water, and hot-air apparatus, domestic 
stoves and ranges, and in these have a great variety, suited to all demands and made iu the 
latest ami most improved patterns. The goods maile by this company have been supplied to 
most of the latest and most well-equipped hotels, restaurants, school buildings, and private 
residences, and have always given the very best of satisfaction. Among some of the more 
notable buildings that have been furnished with their apparatus, for one purpose or another, 
are the Frost Hospital. Dorchester Club, the school buildings at Taunton and Dedham, the 
Boston Athletic Club building, the Eichiuond street and Horace Mann school buildings, some 
of the school buildings at Canton, and a large number of other large buildings all over New 
England. The officers of the corporation are : Abram C. Mott, president ; Eichard E. Warner, 
vice-president; W. McK. Barbour, treasurer ; Charles H. Hanson, secretary. The office and 
warerooms are at 175 Hanover street. 

E. J. Flkwellixg, 2 Lake street, Brighton, does all kinds of carpenter and jobbing work, 
and is also prepared to do building of all kinds. He has built up a very good business, which 
is constantly increasing, and is very highly spoken of as a thoroughly competent and reliable 
workman. He is always pleased to make estimates for new^ buildings, and attends to all orders 
jiromptly and in a very satisfactory manner. 

L. Martix & Co., G20 Atlantic avenue, in the Hathaway building, do a general business as 
carpenters and builders, paying especial attention to jobbing of all kinds. The firm are mem- 
bers of the Builders' and Contractors' Association, and have an excellent run of trade. They 
have had many years of practical experience in this city, and are prepared to do anything in 
their line jiromptly and in a most satisfactory manner. 

The largest retail dealer in wall papers in New England is Thomas F. Swan, 12 Cornhill. 
He carries a very large and complete stock of all the latest patterns of wall papers, and sells 
them at the lowest prices. He has a very large trade and supplies all the large builders with 
materials in his line. He has had a long experience in the business, and knows what is wanted 
in his line and keeps up with the times in the selection of his stock. Buying in large quanti- 
ties he is able to take advantage of the market and give his customers the benetit. 



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The William G-. Bell Company, 48 to 54 Comraereial street, store fitters and designers. 
This company are without donbt the largest company in this part of the country in this line of 
business, and their trade is very large. They have fitted up a great many stores all over New 
England and the West. They carry a large stock of everything in the line of store fittings and 
furnishings, and employ skillful designers to make plans and arrangements for new stores. 
They make a specialty of designing and fitting grocery and provision stores complete from 
floor to ceiling, furnishing show cases, counters, refrigerators, cash and credit registers, scales 
and balances, roll-top desks for the office, etc. Among the many stores which they have 
designed and fitted, a splendid example of their skill and utility of design is that of C. W. 
Boyce, at Buffalo, X. Y. This is one of the largest stores in the city, and is most elegantly 
fitted and furnished. Everything for convenience as well as for attractiveness is complete in 
every detail. All the designs are original and are models of beauty and usefulness. This 
company have all the facilities for the complete equipment of stores, and carry a very large 
assortment of everything needed. It is astonishing to see to what a degree of perfection 
this company have carried the art of store fitting and the amount of business that is done. 
They are continually receiving orders from all over the United States for their goods and in 
a great many cases are given the entire work of designing and fitting new stores. 

A large share of the success of a business depends upon the appearance of the place in which 
the business is carried on, and the conveniences which it offers for doing business. It is not 
everyone that has the taste, knowledge, and skill to design and equip a grocery or provision 
store, and it is therefore a matter of interest to everyone in the business to know where he 
can have the work done in a skillful and satisfactory manner. The .William G. Bell Com- 
pany are always pleased to hear from those contemplating the fitting up of a new store or the 
re-arrangement of an old one, and are prepared to make ^ilans, suggestions, and estimates as to 
the cost of such equipment, and when given the work aim to do it in a satisfactory manner. 
There are in this city many examples of the work done by this comijany, as well as the 
superior qualit}' of the goods furnished by them. They make special designes for refriger- 
ators, coolers, meat chests, etc., and are always up to date in everything. They issue a cata- 
logue giving full information as to the goods they handle, and solicit correspondence from the 
trade when in want of anything in their line. 

James W. McArdle does a general business as a mason and builder, making a specialty of 
boiler setting. He is a member of the Builders' and Contractors' Association and has an office 
at the association building, 17 Otis street. Having made a specialty of boiler setting for a 
number of years he has the experience and skill necessary to i^erform this important work in 
the very best manner. He has done a very large business in this line within the past few 
years, and has a very high reputation among the trade. He also does a general jobbing 
business as a mason and builder, attending to all orders promptly and faithfully. The 
business has been established several j-ears and is constantly increasing. Mr. McArdle is well 
known to the building trades and has been identified with the business for many 3-ears. A 
few of the buildings erected are : Brick dwelling-house for John J. Coffin, Charles street, 
Boston ; business block for Allen & Hall, Boston ; storehouse for Bay State Tiling Company, 
Boston. He basset boilers in Hotel Thorndike, Boston; Theological College, Xewton Centre; 
Sandy Hook Proving Grounds, Xew Jersey ; Young Men's Christian Association, Middletown, 



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Coini. ; Primary' Scliool, CumLerland ]\[ills. Jle. ; Huntington Woolen ]\Iills, Huntington, 
M;iss. ; Gilt Edge Stamping Company, Millis, Mass.; Aged Ladies' Home, Boston. He also 
did the mason work connected with the steam heating in the Cadet Amory, Boston, and set 
and did mason work for Harvard estate. 59 Franklin street, Boston. 

The Pakkek House, fronting 
on School and Treniont streets, 
is a very large, six-story marble- 
front edifice, containing nearly 
three hundred rooms, including 
many large drawing-rooms and 
suites. It was established in 
1854, by Harvey D. Parker, but 
is at present conducted by J. E. 
Whipple & Co., who are also pro- 
prietors of Young's Hotel. The 
house is run on the European 
plan, and the restaurant is one of 
the finest in tlie country, while 
the cuisine is unsurpassed. The 
cafe is a favorite resort for bus- 
iness men and politicians ; and at 
times, such as election nights, it 
becomes crowded ami the scene 
is an animated one. The rooms 
and apartments are all large, light 
and airy, and furnished iu the 
most elaborate style. This has 
been one of the most successful 
of American hotels, and many 
very eminent guests have availed 
themselves of its hospitality. 
Here, as at Young's, there are 
many private dining-rooms, where 
and societies of the city meet and dine. Parker's is one of 

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some of the noted clubs 

the older houses, and on account of the prestige which it 

of the city has become the favorite hostelry among the notable people who come here from 

time to time, and its patronage has steadily increased, several additions having been made 

necessary to accommodate the grooving trade. Under its present management it has not only 

held its former high standing and patronage, but its reputation has been extended and it has 

a world-wide fame. 

Yorxu's Hotel is one of the most favored houses in the city for business and professional 
men, being located in the very centre of the business section, and it lias a very high reinitation 



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for its elegant appointments and unsurpassed, cuisine. It is also one of the largest houses, 
having over two hundred and twenty-five rooms, with a large number of sumptuously fur- 
nished suites. There are several large dining-rooms, some of them arranged for private parties 
and clubs, of which many are accommodated. The house is run on the European plan, and is 
a favorite resort for business men. A few years ago a large addition was made to the build- 
ing, and this has been opened for the convenience of lady guests, with elegant furnishings and 
large, i^leasant dining-rooms. Quite a number of the noted dining clubs have their headquar- 
ters here, and these include some of the leading society people who have long been patrons. of 
the house. The house was founded by George Young, whose name it bears; but he retired 
from the business several years ago, and the house is now under the proprietorship of J. E. 
"Whipple & Co. Mr. Whipple is one of the best-known hotel men in the country, and has 
established a reputation for the houses in whioli lie is interested that has made them deserv- 
edly famous and given them a world-wide name. The house is located at the head of State 
street, with entrances from Washington and Court streets and Court square. 

For more than twenty-five years William Hughson has been connected with the building 
trade in this city, having established the business in 1870. He does a general jobbing and re- 
modeling business, and liis long experience in these lines has given him advantages possessed 
by but few others. His ability and skillfvdness have become so well known that he is in great 
demand wherever work in his line is to be done and has built u^i a very extensive business. 
He has done many very successful jobs in the way of remodeling old buildings, and has always 
given the very best of satisfaction wherever he has been emj^loyed. There is, in a city like 
Boston, a great deal of work to be done in the way of general jobbing and repair work, and this 
calls for good workmen. Mr. Hughson has all the facilities for doing everything in his line 
with promptness and in the very best manner. His office and shop are at 121 Eliot street, and 
here he has all the tools and other conveniences for getting out work in his line. He is alwaj-s 
pleased to give estimates, and will do work as cheajily as is consistent with good materials and 
workmanship. 

With the elaborately designed architectural iron work whicli is now so niucli used in the 
ornamentation of buildings, it requires considerable skill and taste to furnish the designs and 
patterns necessary for the work. This is now a specialty with some, and among those who have 
been most successful in this line is Benjamin F. Trijip, whose place of business is at 17 Char- 
don street, Boston. Mr. Tripp is a practical mechanical drauglitsman, pattern and model 
maker, and has facilities for doing turning, jig, band, and circular saw work. The business 
was established in 1888, and among the contracts which have been successfully filled may be 
mentioned the patterns for the stairs in the Xew Court House, Castle Square Hotel, E. H. 
White's new store, and many of the largest and most elaborate of the family hotels. So well 
known has his work become that he has filled orders as far away as Chicago, while he has a 
sjjlendid trade in all parts of i^ew England, where most of his work is done. 

Malcolm McLean, carjjenter and builder, 50 Charlestown street, has been in the business 
for the past twenty years, and during that time has built up a trade in this line which includes 
the best class of work in the city. A thoroughly practical and experienced man at the start, 
he was able to secure and hold the custom of manv of the most extensive builders, and the 



448 A HALF CENTURY OF BOSTON'S BUILDING. 

high grade of work done has estaV)lished for him a reputation which has placed him in the 
front rank as a contractor and bnihler. Among the biiikling operations which he has made a 
specialtj' are coal elevators and towers (of wliich he has built a large number in this city and 
vicinity), docks and sheds, runs and stagings. These are buildings calling for special experi- 
ence and knowledge as well as a high grade of workmanship, and the very large number of these 
which he has been employed to construct, and which have been completed to the entire satis- 
faction of the owners, is evidence of his ability. These are, however, only a small part of the 
work done, for lie has been a very active participant in the building trades, doing the carpen- 
ter work on many of the large buildings for which Boston has become noted in the past few 
years, always performing his work with the same conscientious degree of perfection and skill. 
Few men in the trade have a better reinitation lor honesty and reliability than Mr. McLean, 
and he is one of the busiest men in the trade. In addition to contracting and building he does 
a general jobbing business. 

O.xE of tlie best known lumljcr dealers in the city is tlie firm of Wood, Barker & Co., with 
an office in the new Exchange building on State street. This firm have furnished lumber for 
a great many of the largest buildings in the city and do an extensive business all over New 
England. 

The Boston Jlcrahl, under date of December oO, 1894, said of this concern, in relation to 
filling the order for lumber for the State House : ■' One might think that the resource.s of the 
company were taxed heavily to supply such a quantity of material, but the writer happens to 
know that this firm has been called upon within two years to furnish not only lumber for the 
State House, but for the Boston & JIaine Elevator, the Union Station, the State buildings at 
Waverly, and the group of five buildings which form the manufactories erected by S. P. 
Wormwood, Esq., on A street, South Boston. These structures required on the aggregate over 
ten million feet of lumber. Such items rarely get into print, but will give an idea of the 
enormous lumber transactions that are constantly going on in tliis city.'' 

J. F. I'oi.sEV, 32 Oliver street, does a general business in the line of heating and ventila- 
tion, making a specialty of the hot-blast system. This system is acknowledged to be one of 
tlie best in use, and has been adopted by a great many builders in this vicinity. The work 
done by Mr. Polsey is of the very highest order, and all the latest and most improved methods 
and devices are made use of. He furnishes blowers and exhaust fans of all kinds and for all 
purjjoses. He is prepared to do eitlier large or small work, and is always pleased to submit 
estimates in competition with otliers in tlie same line. His facilities are such that he is en- 
abled to make as low figures as can be given for first-class work and materials. He has had 
years of experience, and is well-known to the trade as a thoroughly competent and reliable 
business man. 

D. Henry Cram, the inventor of the Cram Patent Derrick, the only derrick patented 
complete in the United States, is one of the best known contractors for railroads, bridges, 
abutments, and public works of all kinds in the country. He has completed a very large 
number of extensive contracts in the above line, and has gained a world-wide reputation for 
his patent derrick used on this kind of work. The Cram derrick has been selected by the 
managers of the great Paris Exposition, to be held in 1900, for work in connection with the 



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construction of the exposition buildings — a very liigh i-eeomniendation indeed. Among some 
of the Boston conti'ncts wiiicli he has completed are the foundations of the new court house 
and tlie new public library. His derricks have been used on the Union Station, AVorthington 
building, and many of our big structures, as well as in the construction of the Beacon street 
extension, bridges, etc. : also, a contract in Canada for the AVelland Canal. And in the States 
lie has put in all the stone work on the Xew York Central, Delaware & Lackawanna, Reading, 
Pennsylvania, ZSTew York & Xew Haven railroads, wliich included the entire Vanderbilt 
system. Mr. Cram has done a very extensive business within the past few years, and is at 
present engaged on some very large contracts. His office is at lo Court square, in the elegant 
new Smith building. 

The John C. DkLaxev Mouldin(; Ciuii'axv is a ilassaehusetts corporation organized 
and established in 1889, having its place of business at 75, 77, and 79 Wareham street and on 
Plympton street. SiTice this company began business it has been closely connected with the 
building up of the city, in that it has furnished a very large amount of interior wood work and 
wood work of all kinds. They make a specialty of the manufacture of builders' finish of all 
kinds, hardwood flooring and hardwood doors, their plant being equipped with the latest and 
most improved machinery for the manufacture of mouldings and builders' finish, and the com- 
pany have a large trade all over Xew England, selling direct to build- 
ers. This business has grown very rapidly in the past few years 
and has come to be quite an important industry, emjjloying a large 
amount of capital and a force of skilled workmen. The business 
of the company has grown to such an extent that it has increased 
its original caijital since it was chartered in 1889, and is now one of 
tlie largest concerns engaged in this line of manufacture in this part 
of the country. In the production of their goods they use none but 
the best of materials, and it takes quite a large anuiunt of lumber to 
supply the demands for the finished wood work which they deal in. 
They furnish the interior wood work for the best of tlie modern 
])rivate residences, and this trade alone is (piite large. The}' are 
always pleased to give estimates on anything in their line, and their 
prices are as low as is consistent with good material and workniaushij). 

W. F. Arkixson & Co., 51 Buckingham street, do a general 
business as plumbers and sanitary engineers. They are prepared 
to take contracts for the complete ecpiijiment of buildings Avith 
everything in the line of sanitary plumbing, and have done many 
STich jobs, giving the very best of satisfaction in ever}' instance. 

They have all the facilities and necessary equipnimt for getting out everything connected 
with the business. They also do a general jobbing business, and attend to all work in tliis 
line prom]itly and in a workmanlike manner. They are always pleased to furnish plans and 
make estimates. Attention is called to their facilities in the examination of tlie sanitary con- 
ditions of public and private buildings with their patented testing pump. 

W. E. Maxwell, whose Ijrick yards are at Medford, Mass., is a manufacturer and dealer 
in face and common brick, making a specialty of moulded and jjaving brick, and carries a large 




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450 A HALF CKNTCRV OF BOSTON S BUILDING. 

stock of the above. The same yard that he now operates has been used for the purpose of 
briek-making since the early part of this century, and the bricks made at the yard, if phiced 
end to end, would more than completely circle the world. 

Among some of the buildings in this city for which he has furnished the brick are the new 
City Hospital ; the addition to the Massachusetts General Hospital; addition to the Boston & 
Albany station ; the new Hicks building on Bowker street; Phillips South Bapitist Church ; 
Boston Post Oftice, interior work ; Wortliington building, interior work ; Algonquin Club 
House : and many of the residences and other buildings throughout the city. 

KicHAKii A. White, 4 Bower street, is a well known plumber and sanitary engineer, with 
many years of practical experience, who has built up a very large and constantly increasing 
business in his line. He is prepared to take contracts for large or small jobs, and has the 
reputation of doing the very best work and attending to all orders promptly. He is always 
pleased to furnish plans and estimates when called upon to do so. 

Fkkd C. Wakrex, 76 Wenham street, has been identified with the building trade for 
several years as a carjienter, contractor, and builder. He is well known as one of the best 
carpenters and builders in the business, thoroughly competent and reliable in every resjject. 
He does nothing but first-class work and attends to all orders promptly. 

W. J. JoBi.ixo, 11 Payson avenue, does a general business as carpenter and builder, liaving 
all the facilities for doing first-class work promptly and in tlie most ajiproved and skillful 
manner. He has done a great deal of building in and around Boston, and is always pleased 
to furnish plans and estimates for wood or brick buildings of all kinds. 

Thomas J. Loxo & Co., 46 Warren avenue, are manufacturers of furnaces, stoves, ranges, 
"rates, etc., and do a general line of repairing of all kinds. They are also tin plate, sheet iron 
and copper workers. They have the best of facilities for doing all kinds of work in their line, 
and are also prepared to do steam, gas and water piping, drainage plumbing, tin roofing, hot- 
air, steam and hot-water heating, etc. Among some of the buildings which have been fitted 
up by them are the Boston Young ■Woman's Cliristiau Association, Odd Fellows Hall, Union 
Hall, Grand Army Hall, the Dental College, and many other public and private buildings. Their 
products are in demand all over the United States and South America, and they do a very ex- 
tensive brrsiness in manufacturing their specialties, which have been growing in public favor 
very rapidly. 

H. H. Mathews, manufacturer of and dealer in roofing slates and slate jn-oducts of every 
color and description, with an office in the new and elegant John Hancock building, 178 Devon- 
shire street, is doing a large and constantly increasing business. Slate is growing in favor as 
a roofing material, especially since it can now be obtained in several reliable colors. Mr. 
Mathews makes a specialty of the unfading green and bright red colors. His quarries in 
Vermont and New York State are fully equipped with the most approved machinery, and he 
lias facilities for producing large quantities of high-grade roofing slates in the best colors which 
have ever been discovered in this countiy. 

His slates have been used in nearly all the large cities of the United States, and they can 
be seen to good advantage on many of the finest buildings in Boston and the suburbs. 



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W. E. Daxkokth, .'525 Washington street, room 12, also 11 Provinee oourt, does a general 
line of carpenter work, making a specialty of camera repairing. He also does glazing, office 
fitting, repairing, etc. He estahlislied the business which he is now engaged in about two 
years ago, and since that time has built up quite a large trade, especially in the line of camera 
repairing. Since the use of cameras has become such a popular fad, the business of repairing 
them has grown to be quite an important industry, and Mr. Danforth lias the best of facilities 
for doing this class of work; besides, he has had a long experience, which enal)les liim to do the 
work promptly and in the best manner. He h;is done a great many jobs of .store and office 
fitting in this city and is looked u]ion as one of the best of workmen in tliis line. 

W. H. Tkkwokoy, wholesale lumber dealer, .30 Kilby street, is one of the largest dealers in 
both hard and soft lumber in the city, selling direct from the mills which lie either controls or 
represents as selling agent. Owning and operating from the stump to the retitil yard he con- 
trols his own grading and sorting and drying, which lie does with an express view to the New 
England trade. He has constantly on hand at the mills a large variety of oak, ash, maple, 
cherry, walnut, Iiickory, whitewood and Nortli Carolina pine, with facilities for sliipping to 
all points at short notice and in any quantity'. He has large mills for dressing and manufac- 
turing lumber to suit any market, and it is all highly graded and properly manufactured in 
every particular. He makes a specialty of Xortli Carolina jiine ;ind cypress in cargo lots, and 
is sole agent for The I'eregoy Lumber Company of Wilmington, N. C. Mr. Treworgy has luxd 
along experience iu the lumber business, having been establislied in Boston since 1874, so that 
he is thoroughly acquainted with the needs and demands of the New England trade. He has 
done a very successful and constantly increasing business and has a very high reputation for 
honorable dealing. 

NoRCROss Brothers are the proprietors, and Freelon Morris, manager, of the Charles 
River Stone Company, located on Brookline street. Cambridgeport, where they liave a large 
steam and electric plant thoroughly equipped with tlie latest improvements for doing all kinds 
of stone work. The companj' deal in all kinds of marble, and also red and gray granite, and 
have the facilities for cutting and polishing it f<ir any desired p)urpose. They also deal in 
buff, brown, and red sandstone, blue and buff Indiana limestone, New York State blue- 
stone, etc. The Norcross Brothers own a numlier of quarries of various kinds from which 
they secure the stone for building purposes, and it is dressed at tlie shops. The company do 
a very large business all over the country, having tlie very best of shipping facilities, enabling 
them to fill orders very promptly. The steam stone works at Cambridgeport are among the 
largest in New England, and are thoroughly equipped with all the latest and most improved 
machinery for doing the work in a first-class manner. The product of these works is well 
known everywhere and has been very extensively used in the buildings erected by the 
Norcross Brotliers and other large builders. Thr Boston office of the company is at 79 Hunt- 
ington avenue, and they also have an order box at the Master Builders' Association, 1G6 
Devonshire street. 

Some of the most prominent buildings for wliicli the Charles River Stone Company 
Iiave furnished stone since May, 1891, are; Bates Hall, New Public Library, Boston Mass.; 
Arcade, New Public Library, Boston, Mass.; Si)ecial Library Staircase, New- Piiblic Library, 



A~>2 A HALF CENTURY OF BOSTOX's i;rrr.DiX(;. 

Boston, ]Mass. ; Coix-oran Art GalleiT, 'Wasliingtoii. D. C. ; Tiinity Cluircli. Boston, Mass. ; 
Mount Yeriion Church, Boston, Mass.; State Street Church, Porthand, Me.; St. John's Church, 
Northampton, Mass.; Bradlej' building-, Tremont street, Boston, Mass.; Pray building, 
Wasliington street, Boston, Mass. ; Farlow building, State street, Boston, Mass.; Walker Art 
building, BrunsT\-ick, Me. ; Uphani Memorial building, Waverlj', IMass. ; Women's Intermediate 
building, Waverly, Mass. ; Administration building, Waverly, Mass. ; Bowditch Wards, Waverly, 
Mass. ; Belknap House, Waverly, Mass. ; Ames building. Court street, lioston. Mass. ; Ames 
building, Bedford street, Boston, Mass. ; Youth's Companion building, Boston, Mass. ; 
Algonquin Club, Boston, Mass. ; Biding Club, Parker street, Boston, Mass. ; Hon. John F. 
Andrew's residence, Boston, Mass. ; Thomas E. Proctor's residence, Boston, Mass. ; Elliot F. 
Shepard's residence, Scarboro, X. Y. ; Minot residence, Boston, Mass. ; Hall residence, Beacon 
street, Boston, Mass. ; eight houses. Bay State road, Boston, Mass.; Sears residence, Beacon 
street, Boston, Mass.; Hogg residence. Commonwealth avenue, Boston, Mass.; Burden 
residence, Newport, B. I. ; Clark moniiment. Forest Hills Cemetery, Boston, Mass. ; Shaw 
monument, Boston Common. Boston, Mass. ; John Hancock monument. Granary Burying 
Ground, Boston, Mass. ; Mutual Insurance Company's building, Fitchburg, Mass. : State Mutual 
Life Insurance building, Worcester, jMass. ; Xew York Life Insurance Iniildiug, Xew York, 
X. v.; Perkins Hall, Cambridge, Mass.; Conant Hall, Cambridge, Mass.; Hammock School 
building, Lexington, Mass. ; Charlesgate Hotel, Beacon street, Boston. Mass. 

The painting and decoration of churches, halls, and private residences, in a style to meet 
the demands of the present day, reqnires an artist of taste and experience. W. J. Dolan, 
who established himself in business in this city in 1889, has, b}- the refined and artistic work 
which he has done, gained a rejnitation second to none as a jiainter and decorator of interiors. 
He makes a specialty of church decoration, and is therefore able to produce the very best 
results, true in proportion and relation to the architecture, refined and harmonious in color, 
original in design, and effective in treatment. He has done the decorating on a very large 
number of the handsome church buildings in the citj-, all of which are recognized as examples 
of the highest artistic merit. He is always ready to furnish sketches and estimates, and 
guarantees satisfaction both in regard to price and qualitj- of workmanship. His trade is 
principally confined to the Xew England States, although he has done considerable work 
outside of this. His office is at 224 Tremont street, Boston. 

The Mai:ble axd Examel jMosaic Compaxy, which was organized under the laws of tlie 
State of Xew York, INIarch 6, 1893, and located at 6o Beverly street, Boston. Mass., are manu- 
facturers of Eoman and Yenetian marble mosaics for floors, walls, and ceilings. They make 
these beautiful pieces of mosaic in every variety of pattern and design, and it is rapidly 
coming into use everywhere for floors, walls, and ceilings in the modern bviilt structures. Being 
incombustible it is a most desirable material for such work, especially in the great oftice and 
public buildings where this is one of the important considerations. This material has been 
used very freely in man}- of the later buildings in this city and has attracted a great deal of 
attention from its beautiful effect. Among some of the buildings in this city which have used 
the materials manufactured bj- this company are the Castle S(piare Theatre, in which the l)eau- 
tiful patterns are one of the most attractive features in the finish of this splendid theatre 



A HALF CENTURY OF BOSTON'S BUILDING. 453 

building ; Clark's Hotel, another of the notable structures of the city in the finish of which 
a large amount of money was exj^ended; and many others. The facilities of this company 
are unsurpassed and their business has increased very rapidly since the quality and beauty of 
their product have been known and appreciated. 

WiLLi.\M Gordon, 66 Appleton street, in addition to being a painter and carpenter, is also 
engaged in the care of real estate. This is a business in which a man who is capable of doing 
the necessary re])airs about the property is especially valuable, and no one is better equipped 
for this work than Mr. Gordon. He has been a resident of the city for more than twenty 
years and is thoroughly acquainted with the requirements of the different properties, and has 
had chai-ge of some of the largest of them for a number of years. He has had considerable 
experience as a carpenter and builder, and is also a good painter. With all these trades he has 
built up a very good business, which is constantly increasing. He makes a specialty of the 
care and necessary repairs on buildings, and is known as an honest and conscientious workman. 
He has always given the very best of satisfaction wherever he has been employed, and has a 
reputation second to none for the skill and promptness with which he accomj)lishes the work 
upon which he is employed. Before Mr. Gordon came to Bcjston he was an extensive builder 
in Concord, N. H. 

Among the later tirms to engage in the electrical business in IJoston is tliat of W. T. C. 
Macallen Comp;nn', established in 1S91. and located at 416 Atlantic avenue. The firm con- 
sists of a companj-, with Louis McCarthy, treasurer, and Gardner W. Prouty, .secretary, and 
the special line of manufacture is insulijting joints and electric raihvaj' material, with a 
trade wliich extends all over the United States and Canada. They have also filled a number 
of orders from foreign countries. With the development of electricitj', not only as a motive 
power for street railways but for the many devices used in large buildings and elsewhere, 
specialties in these lines have become a very important line of manufacture, and this comp;iny 
has many valuable devices and patents which they control that have proven so successful and 
important that they have been adopted very generally and are to be found in most of the 
modern buildings eciuipped with electrical apparatus. One of tiieir specialties is solid sheet 
mica insulation, which is used in insulating all the devices of their manufacture. The busi- 
ness of the company is increasing very rapidly, and their goods are unsurpassed in quality of 
material and workmanship. 

Among the plumbers who have built up a good trade in the last ten or fifteen years 
through careful attention to business and tirst-class workmanship, there are few that have 
been more successful than Fratus Brothers, who established themselves in business in 1886, 
with a shop and ofRce at 18 North Centre street. They do a general plumbing business, 
including all kinds of sanitary work, jobbing and repairing. With long experience and all 
the facilities for doing the best work in their line they have built up a large trade, having 
done the plumbing in some of the best of the private residences in the city as well as in the 
large olRce and mercantile buildings. They are prepared to take contracts for the entire 
equipment of buildings with all necessary sanitary work and have a force of skilled workmen 
for such jobs. Their business is constantly increasing and they alwaj-s keep up with the 
times in the latest improvements either in materials or methods of doing the work. They are 



454 A HALF CENTURY OF BOSTOM's BUILDING. 

always ])leased to give estimates, either on large or small contraets, and have an excellent 
reputation for square dealing and skillful workmanship. 

Amox(; the best known and longest established firms of contractors and builders in the city 
is that of J. H. Burt & Co., established in 1850. The office of the concern is at Mattapan. 
Mr. S\imner A. Burt, who was a member of the firm for several years, died iu 1886, and the 
members are now J. H. and G. L. Burt. The business consists in the erection of the best class 
of buildings, of which they have built many in Eoxbury, Dorchester, Milton, Quincy, Dedham, 
West lloxbury, Isorwood and Walpole. 

Very many of the elegant residences, churches and blocks in the above-named places are 
monuments to the skill and workmanship of this well-known firm of builders. They cater for 
tlie best class of buildings, and have a reputation second to none for honesty and integrity. 
During the time tliat this firm have been in business the city has had its greatest growth in 
the district which lias lieen the seat of their labors, and they have contributed in no small 
measure to the number of beautiful buildings which are an ornament to this one of the most 
desirable residential portions of the city. Few firms have had a longer existence, and few 
liave more creditably fulfilled the purpose for which they have been organized. 

Thk well-known firm of E. W. Bailey & Co., manufacturers and dealers in doors, windows, 
blinds, etc., was established in ]846. The original firm was Bailey lS: Jenkins. It was later 
changed to Job F. Bailey, J. W. Bailey, then to Bailey & Hussey, and later to E. W. Bailey & 
Co., as at present. The office is located at 24 Kneeland street. This long-established firm 
deal in doors, windows and blinds, and have a most excellent trade, which includes all of 
Xew England. They liave furnished materials in their line for a great many of the most 
prominent buildings in this city and have always given the best of satisfaction. They have 
facilities for handling large orders promptly and have the reputation of doing one of the larg- 
est businesses in tliis line of any concern in the city. Having been for so many years con- 
nected with the trade they are familiar with the needs and requirements and are always 
prepared to meet them. All their stock is of the very best quality and made in a thorough 
and workmanlike manner. Their business is constantly increasing and has grown from a very 
small beginning to its present proportions by a careful attention to customers and maintaining 
the standard of tlie goods dealt in. Among some of the buildings in the three years are the 
Knapp Terraces, Brookline ; Young ^Men's Christian Association building, Maiden; Avery 
School, Dedham ; also school-houses at Hingham and Braiutree ; new buildings at City 
Hospitiil, ]Medford Police Station : new houses of A'inahs on ISeacon, :Mountford and Ivy 
streets: and "Whitnuinn's new house at Brockton. 

Mr. Isaac "Weavki;, the well-known mason and builder, wlmse office is located at 47 Han- 
over .street, is one of the extensive builders who has been identified with the building trade 
of the city for many years and has a very high reputation for the thoroughness and skill with 
which he fulfills all his contracts. He has done a great deal of building in this vicinity and 
has always been very successful, giving the best of satisfaction wherever he has been em- 
ployed. He thoroughly understands all parts of the trade and gives his personal supervision 
to the work of construction. He is always pleased to furnish plans and make estimates for 
buildings of all kinds. He is looked upon as one of the best builders in the city and has the 
confidence of the trade and the public. 



A HALF CENTURV OF BOSTOn's BUILDINO. 455 

Amokg the well-known firms of carpenters and Iniilders that of W. 0. Hagaboom & Co. 
holds a very prominent place, although one of the latest to enter the field. Both members of tlie 
firm are experienced men and well known to the trade ; Mr. Livingston having formerly been 
engaged in the same business at Newport, Vt., while Mr. Hagaboom has been doing business 
here for some time. They make a specialty of store and othce fitting and general jobbing, 
and have started out with very promising prospects for doing a large business in these lines. 
Theyhave a shop and office at 49 Wareham street, which is fitted up with all the necessary 
tools and equipments for doing the best of work, and they give their personal attention to all 
contracts. They have already done some very fine jobs of store and office fitting and interior 
work, which shows the class of work they do. Among their customers are some of the largest 
builders and property owners in the city, and they are kept constantly busy, with an increasing 
demand for their services. They are always pleased to give estimates on any kind of car- 
penter work and their prices are as Imv as is consistent witli first-class materials and good 
workmanship. 

Edwin W. Gray, 79 North street, makes a specialty of building and fitting up cold-storage 
houses, refrigerators, and markets. He began the business in 1879, and since that time has 
built up a very large trade all over the New England and Middle States. 

Among some of the buildings which he has erected are three cold-storage houses for the 
Cudahy Packing Company in New York, Brooklyn, and I'rovidence; plants for the Swift Beef 
Company at Attleliorough. Fawtucket, New Bedford and Fall Eiver; besides buildings in 
this city for Francis Batchelder & Co., J. Donnelly & Co., and A. B. Parker «& Son. He is now 
doing considerable hotel refrigerator work in the White Mountains and the near-by resorts, 
and his trade in that direction is increasing all the time. 

All his iron work is done by experienced mechanics at his works on Merchants' Kow, where 
he has complete facilities for turning out all classes of blacksmithiug, etc. This enables him 
to compete with any on the market in putting up and making overhead tramways, rollers and 
switches, for wholesale meat markets and slaughter-houses. Having catered to the wants of 
the trade for so many years he has become thoroughly familiar with its needs and require- 
ments, and has the facilities for doing the work promptly and satisfactorily. 

In addition to this' specialty as above mentioned he does a general line of store and market 
work, in fitting and furnishing the interiors with all the necessary equipments in the way of 
fixtures, etc., carrying at his salesroom a full line of spring balances, counter scales, knives, 
saws, cleavers, meat slicers, canister scoops, cabinets, money drawers, cash registers, etc. 

IxTERiOK finish is one of the important things in the building of a house at the present 
time, and the manufacture of wood mantels, mouldings and building trimmings is now made 
a specialty by a large number of concerns in the city, among whom are the J. W. Bailey & 
Sons Company, located at 14 Charlestown street. The business was established in 187o by 
E. W. Bailey & Co. January, 1875, the business was purchased by J. AV. Bailey & Son (Edward 
S. Bailey). W. L. Bailey was admitted as a partner in 188(3. Two years later Mr. J. W. 
Bailey died, and the same year (1888) the company was incorporated. The members of the 
corporation are : Edward S. Bailey, president ; Willard L. Bailey, treasurer ; and Joseph S. 
Parker, secretary. The specialty is wood nuxntels, mouldings and building trimmings of all 



4r>G A HALF CKXTIKY OF BOSTOX .S BUILDING. 

kinds, of which a large stock is always carried. The\- also do a large amount of order work. 
Their trade is mostly in New England, although they have filled a number of orders to go to 
foreign countries. Their long experience in the hnsiness and their splendid facilities for 
gettin'g out first-class work enable them to meet the demands of the trade in a most satisfac- 
tory manner. 

The firm of Darling Brothers, consisting of D. W. & J. T. Darling, although a "Worcester 
concern, are well-known in this city w'here they have received some very large contracts. They 
began liusiness in 1S70, and Avitliin a few years were among the largest contractors and builders 
in New England, and received many contracts for public buildings in different parts of the 
country. Their work, which includes many large buildings in this city, is all of the very best 
class, and they have a very high reputation among the trade. No job is too large for them to 
figure on and they are prejiared to do work in any part of the country. They make a specialty 
of public buildings, such as court houses, libraries, railway stations, post offices, school buildings, 
and the larger and more costly residences. In these lines they have probably done as much 
building as any other firm in the business, and the reputation which they have established for 
workmanship and honesty in their business transactions has put them in the way to get many 
contracts without competition. They are always pleased to sul)init plans and give estimates. 

Althouoh electricity is a compar.atively recent element in the business world, so far as its 
present development is concerned, yet it has been in use to a certain extent for hundreds of 
years, and one of the oldest estaldishments in the city in the electrical business is that of Seth 
W. Fuller, having been established in 1809. At the ]iresent time he deals in electric motors, 
dvnamos, bells, etc. He makes a specialty of incandescent electric lighting, and does a general 
electrical business. He sells and places in position for use. telephones and transmitters, etc. 
His place of business is at 27 Arch street. The following buildings have recently been fitted 
with electric appliances by this firm: New Public Library, Boston; Kossuth Hall, Boston; 
Hotel Belvoir, Boston ; Hotel Westgate, Boston; Clark's Hotel, Boston; Searles Laboratory 
buihling. Bowdoin College; Havemeyer School, Greenwich, Ct.; Theological Library, Newton; 
and many others. 

The firm of Craig & Conley, which -was established in t89.'i, consists of David Craig and 
Henrv Conley. both practical plumbers, and is located at 115 Purchase street. The business 
carried on is that of general plumbing and sanitary work of all kinds, and the firm take 
contracts for doing anything in this line. As both members of the firm have had many years 
of i)ractical experience in this line they are well prepared to fullfil contracts promptly and in 
a thoroughly practical and scientific manner. They do work all over New England, having 
recently completed several large contracts in IVfaine, including the plumbing of the Searles 
Scientific building at Bowdoin College, the new Post Oftice at Lewiston, and in Massachusetts 
the new^ Merchants' National Bank and the telephone buildings at New Bedford and Brockton, 
the Haymarket Exchange, the A and B buildings at Wales wharf, and the Mechanic Arts High 
School building, all in this city; besides a very large number of private residences and other 
buiUlings of more or less note throughout New England. At the present time they have the 
contracts for the ijlumbing of the new Tremont Temple, and the new Empire Hotel in this 
city. The fact that they are able to secure and complete with satisfaction such large and 




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particular jobs as those luentioiied a\)Ove, is a sufficient guarantee of their ability and the 
(luality of work done. Altliough they Jiave not been in the business as long as some of the 
other concerns in the same line, they are having their share of the work and doing a steadily 
increasing business. They are making a reputation whieh will secure for them the best class 
of customers and are well thought of by the trade generally. Tlieir shop is equipped with all 
the latest tools and appliances necessary for the .skillful performance of work in their line, and 
they have a force of skilled workmen which insures satisfactory jilumbing. They are always 
pleased to give estimates and make plans when called upon to do .-o and their terms are as low 
as are consistent with good work. 

They make a specialty of the Durham System of House Di-ainage, which is well known 
throughout New England. 

Parkeu & Page, wholesale and retail hardwood lumber, dowels, etc., .jO and 32 Lancaster 
street, established their business in 1882 and have lieen a very successful concern, doing a 
large and increasing business each year, as tlie demand for their products has increased with 
the enlarged amount of building which is each year being done. They have the best of 
facilities for liaudling lumber, either in large or small quantities, and having been identified 
with the trade for over fifteen years they are well acquainted with the needs and requirements 
of the New England trade, and keep in stock a large line of hardwood lumber for building 
purposes. They also manufacture to a considerable extent, getting out the stock to suit their 
customers or to fill orders. They have an excellent reputation for promptness and square 
dealing which has been earned by a careful attention to business and an earnest effort to please 
their customers. 

JoHx W. AxDERSOxand Frank 0. Johxsox, under the firm name of Anderson & Johnson, 
carry on a business as practical plumbers at 151 Eichmond street. In addition to th4ir 
plumbing business they do steam and gas fitting, making a specialty of hot-water heating. 
Both members of the firm are men of long and practical experience and have always done a 
very large business, taking many large contracts, which have been comi^leted to the entire 
satisfaction of all concerned. They are experts in the line of hot-water heating, and a great 
many of the notable buildings in this city and vicinity have been equipped complete bv them. 
Their facilities for doing this kind of work are the very best that experience and up-to-date 
methods can supply, and they employ none but the most competent and skillful workmen. 

William Saxby, who has been doing business since 1876 as a carpenter and builder, is well 
known to the trade and the public in general and has a very high reputation for honesty and 
square dealing. He has built a great number of houses, including thirty on St. John and other 
streets in Jamaica Plain, and a number of others in different jmrts of the city, and at Eastern 
Point, Gloucester, Mass. His trade extends over a territory within thirty miles of Boston and 
his business is constantly increasing. His shop and office are at 213 1-2 Commercial street. 

Amoxg the large contractors and builders who have erected some of the handsome mercan- 
tile and office buildings in the city is James Smitli, whose office is at IGG Devonshire .street. 
Mr. Smith, who was born in Edgartown, Martha's Vineyard, established the business in which 
he is now engaged in 1873, and since that time has succeeded in securing some of the 
largest contracts for buildings that have been given out. Among some of the more notable 



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buildings wliicli lie has erected are the handsome IMontgomerj- block at the corner of Channcy 
and Snmmer streets: the Sears building at the corner of Court and AVashingtoii streets, one of 
the handsomest and most centrally located office bnildings in the city; the Stone building, at 
the corner of Franklin and Arch streets; Wales wharf on Federal street, and the Cumner & 
Jones building on Chauncy street ami Eowe Place. Also, Baker's chocolate mill at ^Milton ; 
first section of Boston Storage Warehouse on Massachusetts avenue; Doliber-Goodale building; 
and the extensive factories, in Canton, of Elijah jNIorse. All of these buildings are prominent 
among the modern structures that have grown up in the business section of the city, and the 
work of construction reipiired the best of skill and workmanship, which is plainly evident 
from their appearance. Mr. Smith has gained a very enviable reputation as a builder, and as 
a square and conscientious business man. His l)usiness is not confined to this city, as he has 
put up many large and handsouie bnildings in the surrounding towns, all of which speak for 
the high class of work which he does. 

Hotel Belle- 
vuE, 17 to 23 Bea- 
con street, is one 
of the most favor- 
ably located 
hotels in the city, 
lieiug on high 
ground, near the 
State House and 
all the large bus- 
iness houses, 
the;itres, etc. It 
is run on the 
European plan, 
having a cuisine 
that is unsur- 
passed. The 
rooms are all 
large and airy, 
and are arranged 
to be used singly 
or en suite. The 
arrangements for 
the accommoda- 
tion of transient 
guests are ample, 
and good rooms 

HOTEL BELLEVL-E. OXE OF THE SUITES. gj.g alwaVS tO be 

had. Special attention is given to the entertainment of clubs and private dinner parties, 
weddings and receptions, the several dinmg-rooius being conveniently arranged for this purpose. 




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Pennock Electric Li§:ht 



The Cheapest and Safest 

Electric Power 

... IN THE WORLD. 



NOTHING IN SIGHT . . 

TO COMPETE 
WITH IT. 



and Power Systems. 



Keep your Eye npon rte Pennock Systems for Electric Lighting and Electric Railways. 



LARGE ELECTRIC LIGHT PLANTS A SPECIALTY. 



COST OF PLANT COMPLETE. 



Capacity of Plant. 

500 LIGHTS. 


Total Cost of Insfallalion. 


Cost Per Lamp. 

$6.00 


Maintenance per Lamp 
per 3 ear, including lator 

$3.00 


1000 LIGHTS. 


5,000 


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2.00 


3000 LIGHTS. 


9,000 


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10,000 


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TERMS OF CONTRACT. 

ONE-THIRD IN ADVANCE; ONE-THIRD WHEN GOODS ARE DELIVERED ON 
THE GROUND ; BALANCE IN 30 DAYS FROM THE STARTING 

OF THE PLANT. 



We can produce Electric Light so clieap tliat no invention or system can compete with us. 

OUR PATENTS AND IMPROVEMENTS PROVE THIS. 

Pennock Electric Company, 



Address ; 



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BOSTON, MASS. 



460 A HALF CEXTL'RV OF BOSTOX's BUILDIXO. 

Joseph W. Smith is the proprietor, and lie has won a splendid reputation for his house by his 
efforts to make it tirst-class in every respect. 

The 0. T. Eooers Gkaxite Cumpaxy, whose large quarries are located at Quinc^-. are 

extensively engaged in the quarrying of granite for monumental and building puri^oses, mak- 
ing a specialty of large monumental work. The quarries belonging to this company were 
opened in 1.S23, and iiave furnished the granite for a very large number of buildings during 
the nearly seventy-iive years that thej' have been worked for this imrpose. A splendid sample 
of the beautiful granite from these (piarries is seen in the highly polished plinths in the splen- 
did International Trust Company building at the corner of ^Nlilk and Devonsliire streets in this 
city, as shown in the illustration on another page. In the construction of the elegant and very 
large office buildings which are now being Viuilt all over the country, granite is one of the 
important materials used, both in the structural work and for the exterior trimmings and 
interior finish, and nowhere in the country is it found in more abundance and of a better 
quality than in the famous Quinc\- quarries, which are among the oldest to be worked for this 
purpose. The stone from these quarries is of a very tine qualitj' and takes a very high polish, 
which makes it especially well adapted for building or monumental jairposes. 

Tliis company is one of the largest concerns engaged in the business, and they have fur- 
nished the materials for some of the largest of the great office buildings in Boston and other 
cities throughout tlie country. The furnishing of granite for building purposes is, however, 
only a small jmrt of the business which they carry on. Granite monumental work is made a 
specialty, and in this line they do a very extensive business, having built a large number of 
the soldiers' monuments that are scattered about over the country, as well as many of the 
more costly and elegant private monuments. Thej- are equipped for furnishing the work 
complete, taking it from the quarries and working it out according to design, and polishing it 
in the best of style. They are always pleased to give estimates for work, either for buildings 
or monuments, and have always made it a point to do only first-class work. 

GiLcHKisT & Tavi.ou, located at the corner of High and Congress streets, are manufac- 
turers and dealers in all kinds of steam, gas, and plumbing materials, and water-works sup- 
plies. They carry a large stock of all the standard makes of materials; which, with their 
large factory at South Framingham, enables them to fill all orders promptly. They do a very 
large business, having customers all over Xew England, 

OxE of the necessaries in all modern buildings is a handy and convenient fire extinguisher. 
The Excelsior Eire Extinguisher, manufactured by the Excelsior Fire Extinguisher Company 
of New York City, is acknowledged to be one of the best hand extinguishers made. It is 
always readj' for instant use, and unless opened and used retains its full strength for years 
without re-charging. The Boston office is at 17 Exchange place. This machine has been 
adopted by some of the most prominent buildings and private establishments in the city. 

The jobbing house of Thomas J, Johnson, doors, windows, blinds, etc, is a long-established 
concern, having been located at 771 AVashington street for the past quarter of a centurj', 
Thej- carry a large stock on hand, and are in a position to fill orders promptly and well. The 
firm has the confidence of a large number of builders, not a few of whom have been dealing 
with the house from the time of its establishment. 



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The Great Railroad System of New England 

REACHES ALL THE PRINCIPAL BUSINESS CENTRES OF 



EASTERN AND NORTHERN NEW ENGLAND. 



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Fast Daily Trains with through Sleeping Cars attached, between 



THE SHORTEST AND ONLY LINE RUNNING THROUGH SLEEPING 
CARS BETWEEN BOSTON AND MINNEAPOLIS AND ST. PAUL .^a. 

Only One Change of Cars to the Pacific Coast. 

D. J. FLANDERS, 

Geu'l Pass, and Ticket Agl. 



4C2 A HALF CEXTUIIY OF BOSTON S BUILDIXG. 

The firm of Loiulon Ih-otliers, jilumbers, consisting of Archibald. James W.. and John I. 
Loudon, hicated at .'U and 3(i Province street, was established in 1872. They have always 
done a very extensive business and are among the largest contracting plumbers in the city, 
having done the work in a number of the notable buildings iu New England and Canada. 
The memViers of the firm are all practical workmen, and have had a large experience in the 
trade. Tliey have a shop which is fitted up with all the modern appliances for doing all kinds 
of work in their line, and keej) a force of skilled workmen constantly employed. They make 
a specialty of large contract work, in connection with the construction of new buildings, and 
liave si)ecial facilities for doing scientific sanitary work in all its branches. They are mem- 
bers of the Master Plumbers' Association, and enjoy the confidence and patronage of a very 
extensive trade. Their business has grown very rapidly Avithin the last few years, and they 
now have all the work they can do all the year through. They are always pleased to make 
plans and estimates when called upon to do so. 

Gekkv & XoRTHKop, 51 Bristol and ICG Devonshire streets, are among the well-known 
contractors and builders of the city, having been in business since 1886. Among some of the 
buildings which they have erected, are a large warehouse on Commercial street for the Consti- 
tution Wharf Company, the New England building on Summer street extension, alterations 
and additions on the Master Builders' Association Irailding on Devonshire street, the new fire 
department headquarters building on Bristol street, and a very large number of other notable 
Iniildings in different 2)arts of the city. 

ALri;f:D F. Kixxey established the business now conducted by him at 138^ Dover .street, 
in 1888. He does a general carpenter and building business, making a specialty of the altera- 
tion and repair of buildings, having completed many contracts in this line in this citj^ and 
vicinity, one of which was the remodeling several years ago of the dome of tlie Itialto building, 
putting in twelve circle top windows. He does work all over the State, and has the best of 
facilities for doing the work promptly and in a most satisfactory manner. 

Amoxi: those who have contributed consideraVily to the building up of the city ^fr. Isaac 
H. Dunn, who has been in business since 1870, has done his share, having built about one 
hundred houses in Boston and vicinity. He makes a specialty of dwelling-houses and 
factories, and has a very high reputation for square and honoralde dealing, as well as the 
promptness with which he fulfills his contracts. His place of business is at 114!> Dorchester 
avenue. 

(JwKX Beakse cS; Sox. 4(11 Albany street and 17 Wareham street, have been doing busi- 
ness for nearly sixty years. Tliey are dealers in mahogany and western hardwoods of all 
kinds, both air and kiln dried. Among the notable buildings for which they have supplied 
material are the new extension to the State House, the International Trust building, the 
Exchange and Fiske buildin.us, the Algompiin Club building, and many others in and around 
Boston. Tliey have a very extensive trade, making a specialty of mahogany of all kinds. 

"W. F. Fixxekax, l.") Hyde Park avenue. Forest Hills, does a general plumbing and san- 
itary engineering business, making a specialty of the ventilation and drainage of buildings. 
He takes contracts for the comjilete equipping of buildings witli ventilating apiiaratus, which 
he does in the best manner and very promptly. 



A HALF CEXTURY OF RflSTOx's EUILDIXC. 463 

CoxLAx & Maybeck, 65 Wareliain street, do a very large business in architectural and 
ornamental wood carving and papier mache. This kind of work is coming into more general 
use than formerly and this firm are doing a very good business, having tlie best of facilities 
for turning out the very best of work. They also make plaster ornaments of all kinds for 
interior decoration, and have a very lugh reputation for skill and taste displayed in working 
out designs in any of the above nuiterials. 

Joux J. McNuTT, who has been established in the Inisiness of l)iiilder and manufacturer 
of wood mouldings, brackets, counters, sashes, doors, Jdinds, packing boxes, etc., since 1844, 
has one of the best and most completely equipped plants for thi.s class of work in the city. 
He makes a specialty of novelty wood work of all kinds, paying especial attention to scenic 
and theatrical wood work, being the originator and builder of the famous Boston Ideal Bowl- 
ing Alleys. His place of business is at the junction of Maiden and Wareham streets, at the 
South End. 

The Crawford House, one of the leading down-town hotels, was established in ISO? bv 
Henry Stumcke and Henry Goodwin. After the death of the senior member a new firm was 
formed, which still exists as Goodwin & Pdmbach. The policy of this firm has lieen contin- 
ually progressive in every department, and no pains have been spared in making this a desira- 
ble home for both transient and permanent guests. The house is conducted on tlie European 
plan, and rooms may be had for $1 and upwards. The capacity of the several dining-rooms 
has lately been increased, and there are private dining-rooms for large or small parties. The 
gentlemen's cafe, corner of Court and Brattle streets, and the ladies' lunch at 17 Brattle 
street, are special features of this house. Fortunate in its location, and desirable in its 
appointments, popular as a resort for the traveling public and the hungry local patron, the 
management will endeavor as in the past to maintain its popularity by promptly serving 
the best which the market affords, at prices which will insure satisfaction. 

M. J. Wmalex, 1.")78 Tremont street, is a well-known plumber and sanitary engineer, wlio 
has done a great deal of work all over tlie city. He is prepared to take contracts for i^hindj- 
ing and sanitary work of all kinds, whicli he executes promptly and in a thoroughly scientific 
manner. He gives his personal attention to drainage and repair work, and is a square and 
honest business man. 

T. H. CoxxoLLY, 43 Warren street, does a general business as a mason and builder, luiv- 
ing been in the business for several years, during which time be lias built u]i a verv good 
trade. He is a thoroughly competent and relialile workman, and is well-known in Eoxbury 
and vicinity. He does all kinds of jobbing and repair work, attending to all orders promptlv. 
Mr. Connolly is also an expert railroad contractor, and has built some of the largest bridges on 
the Boston & INfaine and the Baltimore & Ohio railroads. Mr. Connolly has built some of tlie 
largest sewers in this vicinity. 

Eraxk B. Kelley, Gurney street, corner Tremont, Koxbury, does a general business as a 
house, sign, and decorative painter, grainer and glazier. Air. Kelley has had many yeai's of 
practical experience and is a thoroughly first-class workman. He lias built up a very good 
business which is constantly increasing. 



464 A HALF CEXTUKY OF BOSTOX'S BUILDIXG. 

G. A. Bakrox, Hiijliland street. Dorcliester, is a contractor and builder ■ndio has done a 
great deal of building- in and around the city, making a specialty of suburban residences. He 
does all kinds of jobbing and repairs, and furnishes plans and estimates for anj'thing in his 
line upiou application. 

MoETOx IJnoTHERs, 1 Knoll street, Roslindale, were established two years ago and are 
plasterers, doing the work for a great many builders. They are ])ractical workmen, 
employing only first-class help, and have clone the plastering in a great many of the largest and 
best buildings in Roslindale and Jamaica Plain. They have built up a very good trade, which is 
constantly increasing. They attend to all orders projuptly and in a satisfactory manner. 

OxE of the large contractors and builders who has been identified with the birilding 
interests of the city since 1S8S, when he established the business which he has since carried 
on very successfully, is ^fr. John J. Flynn. a member of tlie ^lechanics' Exchange, with an 
office at the Exchange building, 17 Otis street. He has built a great many of the handsome 
Iniildings in this city and all over Xew England. He makes a siiecialty of taking contracts 
for buildings of all kinds, and has the best of facilities for doing tlie work complete. He has 
a splendid reputation among the trade and is a skillful builder, having had a great many years 
of practical exjjerience, which have ably fitted him for the business. He is prepared to furnish 
plans and estimates for the erection of public or private buildings, and is engaged on several 
large contracts at tlie present time. Among some of the buildings we find he has erected are the 
Glen Road school-house, Brighton police station, Thornton street school-honse, Third street 
school-house at South Boston, Long Island hosi)ital and dormitory. At present he is 
building the Franklin Park refectory, and the City Hospital surgical and alien wards buildings; 
also the old AVest Church on Cambridge street, for the trustees of the public library. 

Ja.mes Bektram established the carpenter and building business now carried on by him at 
330 Broadway, South Boston, in 1887. He does a general business in carpentry and jobbing, 
nraking a specialty of building and store fittings and repair work, in wliieli he has built up 
(piite an extensive trade, having done a great deal of this kind of work in and around the city, 
always in a most satisfactory and worknumlike manner. This is a line of work rerpiiring 
special skill and experience, and Mv. Bertram is well (pialified in these respects, being a practical 
and skillful workman. 

I\I(i0RE & AVooDs. roofing and roofing materials, 8 Province court, have Ijeen established in 
Ijusiness since 188."), the members of the firm being R. Moore and R. M. AVoods. The 
roofing trade has grown to be a very important one in these days, wlien very few modern 
buildings are covered with tlie old style of roofing, especially in the cities where the building 
laws are very particular as to tlie material used for this purpose. To do this kind of work 
requires special skill and experience, as well as tools and materials, so that it has become a 
special department in tlie buililers" trade. There are few firms that have had a wider experience 
in this special line of work than IMoore & Woods, and tlie large number of buildings which 
they have roofed in the city, especially the larger and better class, is sufficient evidence that 
they are tliorough masters of the trade and have the confidence of the public requiring work in 
their line. They do a general roofing business and have a force of skilled and experienced 
workmen in their empdoy, so tliat they are at all times prepared to contract for work in their line 



A HALF CENTIIKY OF KIIKTOX's liUlLDlXti. 405 

with the assurance that the contract will be fulfilled to the satisfaction of the customer and 
with credit to themselves. There are few firms in the business that enjoy a better patronnge 
or have a better reputation than iVfoore & Woods. They have Iniilt \i[i a trade which extends 
all over the state, and have performed several large contracts within the past year. They are 
always glad to give estimates and other information when called upon, and their prices are as 
low as is consistent with good work. 

An important consideration in the equipment of a modern building is tlie heating apparatus. 
Economy in space, fuel, and attention, as well as the arrangements for circidation of hot and 
cold air, are important featiires in the selection of a furnriee. The Felton Low Furnace, 
patented in 1885, contains all the best features of the old furnace and many improvements 
which the long experience and careful study of the inventor has proved of the most value, and 
tliis is now one of the best furnaces for house heating on the market. The improvements in 
this furnace consist of an interior arrangement which separates the hot-air chamber into two 
compartments connected with the fines through the outer chamber of the radiator, thus forcing 
circulation. By this arrangement all the cold air, instead of passing unheated to the hot-air 
pipes, is now forced to pass between the outer and inner radiator. This insures a constant 
circulation of pure air at all times and gives the most satisfactory results. The care of the 
furnace is very simple and can lie done by any one. P>. W. Felton, 2 and 4 Warren street, 
Boston, is the manufacturer, and he will cheei'fiilly i'urnish all information and estimates on 
ajiplication. 

AiioN'ii the oldest firms in the insurance business, and one which has always enjoyed a 
most enviable reputation for its straightforwardness in business, is that of Franklin S. 
I'helps ct Co., established in 184."), having its office at the present time at 15 Doane 
street, where it has all the conveniences for the transaction of the large annnmt of business 
which is done each year, and which lias been steadily increasing from year to year. They 
were located at 55 State street, in the old Mechanics' E.xchange Iniihling, for many years; and 
later, for fifteen years, occupied rooms at 53 State street in the same building. In 1888-9 the 
office was removed to its present location. All kinds of insurance business is transacted, and 
risks placed in the best companies in the country. The firm are agents ior the London 
Assurance Corporation, of England, one of the strongest and most reliable companies doing 
business in this country. Their list of companies for which they write ] olicies is cpiite lai'ge, 
and they have the confidence of both the imblic and the companies which they represent. They 
have paid out a large amount of money to policy holders during the fifty years they have been 
in business, and all their transactions have baen most satisfactory to all concerned. The firm 
consists of Franklin S. I'helps and his son, James F. I'helps. 

Hf.xky H. Hunt has been engaged in the building business since 1880, when he established 
the business, which has since been conducted by him without any change in a most suceesful 
manner. His headquarters are at West Xewton, but his business is all over this part of the 
state, and he has done some very large jobs in the way of new buildings. He makes a 
specialty of contracting and building, and has the facilities for doing this class of work with 
promptness and satisfaction to those by whom he is employed. He is well and very favoraldy 
known to the trade, and has an excellent reputation for tluu-oughness and reliability. He has 



4(;6 A }I.\LF I ENTtRV OK liOSTUX .s lUILDIXfJ. 

been connected with the buihling of manj- ot the modern buihlings in this city and is a 
pvactical and skilled workman. He has bnilt up a very large trade which is constantly 
increasing. His wonderful success is largely due to his careful and strict attention to busi- 
ness and his efforts to please his customers by doing only hrst-class work. 

Amoxc; the carpenters making a specialty of house, store and office work, none have a bet- 
ter reputation for tirst-class workmanship than C. F. Letteney, M Province street. He does a 
general business in the line of carpenter and repair work, fitting up stores and offices, finishing 
the interior of houses, etc. He has had a long experience in this class of work and his trade 
has increased very rapidly, owing to the excellent reputation which he has established for 
promptness and satisfactory work. Tliere is nothing in his line that he has not the facilities 
for doing in first-class shajie, and he has done a great many excellent jobs, which are proof of 
his ability. .He has won an enviable place among the members oi the trade, all of whom hold 
him in high esteem. 

Five years ago M. H. Gulesian established the business whicli he now carries on at 12 to 
1() Waltliam street, where he is engaged in cornice making and general coppersmithing. He 
has a large plant which is well equipped with everything necessary to the trade, and does a 
very large and constantly increasing business. The use of copper for building trimmings has 
been growing in favor for the past few years and the manufacture of the materials is c]uite an 
important trade, recjuiring experience and skill as well as a thorough knowledge of the business 
and the requirements of the trade. ^Mr. Gulesian has liad many years of practical experience 
and is thoroughly acquainted with the business, so that he has been able to build up a very 
good trade in his special line, and his goods are in demand all over the state. Among some of 
the buildings which he has furnished with materials are : Kossuth Hall, Copley Square Hotel, 
and many other equally notable buildings. He manufactures quite extensively, and the cornice 
work which he turns out is in great demand. The largest part of his trade is order work and 
he has many of the largest builders as his customers. 

The firm of A. C. & M. L. Felkin, sign painters and manufacturers of brass signs, 114 
Water street, was established by AV. C. Felkin in 18G8. They are manufacturers of signs of 
every description, and are also sole agents for the patent white enameled letters and enameled 
iron signs which have come to be very jiopular within the past few years. When the business 
was first established the denumd for brass signs was very limited, but at the present time they 
are in good demand and this company has worked up an excellent trade in this vicinity. 
Among their customers are such firms as the Massachusetts Title Insurance Company, the 
Broadway Bank, Fall Eiver Line, Southern Pacific Bail Road Company, Doliber-Goodale 
Company, Henry F. ^Miller, Boston JSIavine Insurance Company, Fiske Homes Comimny, A. G. 
Van ^S'ostrand, Boylston Brewery, Wilson Brothers, and a great many of the large corpora- 
tions wlio use numerous signs of various kinds for advertising purposes. They have the 
facilities for turning out any numlier and variety of signs, and are doing a constantly 
increasing business. With an experience of many years in the business this company know 
what is wanted and keep up with the tiun^s in style and designs. 

Stephex J. LippiNCOTT, 39 Dundee street, does a general business as a painter and paper 
hano-er, having a very large trade and doing none but first-class work. Mr. Lippincott is a 



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thoroughly practic-;il anil c-oinpetent workman and lias done the work on many of the best 
houses in the city. He is always ph'ascil to make estimates, and attends to all orders in a 
prompt and satisfactory manner. 

The new Hotel Savoy, which is being built liy ,Mr. .lolin Stetson, 
will be one of the handsomest of modern hotel Iniildiugs in the 
country. The location was well chosen, and the construction of the 
building, which is to be very large and well arranged, will be done 
in the very best manner that modern science and skill can accomplish. 
The architectural design shows a building not only ornamental 
but substantial and well proportioned. The interior arrangement 
is equally well carried out, every room and suite being planned with 
a view to comfort, convenience, and health. The building through- 
out will be constructed of the very best tire-resisting material, 
making it as near fire-proof as is possible. The eipiipment and 
furnishings will lie of the very best, and the decorations elaborate 
and elegant. Those who know Mr. Stetson are aware that he will be 
satisfied with nothing short of the very best, and in this particular 
instance he will no doubt endeavor to realize the highest ideal of 
utility and elegance. The building will be equipped throughout with 
all the latest and most improved appliances for the convenience and 
comfort of the guest, and electricity will play an important part in 
tliis equijiment. The city already has some very elegant hotels, but 
since they have been built many new ideas have been brought out 
and great advancement in the art of building and furnishing has been 
made, all of which are to be taken advantage of in this new addition 
to the great hotels of the city. 

M.\CtAH?:y & Bykne, lOS Main street, Cambridgeport, are masons, 
contractors and builders, making a specialty of setting boilers and 
furnaces, erecting steam chimneys, engine foundations, etc. Tliey 
also do all kinds of jobbing, attending to all orders promptly and in 
a satisfactory manner. They have done a great deal of work in and 
around l>oston and are well-known to the trade generally. Some of 
their buildings are the A. F. Morse five story building, Massachu- 
setts avenue; the Allen & Endicott ]\[ill on Albany street, four 
stories; Jlr. .1 . J. McXamee's Building, Post Office, Harvard square. 
Cambridge ; the Roberts Iron Works Building, Main Street, Cam- 
bridge, and the Fitzgerauld Building, on Massachusetts avenue. 

F. X. JiLiEN-, '22 Vernon street, Eoxbury, does a general bus- 
iness as a carjjenter and builder. He has done a great deal of work 
in these lines in this city and vicinity and is well known to the trade 
generally. He does all kinds of building, house finisliing, etc., and 
also does all kinds of jobbing and repair work. He lias special facilities for doing this kind of 
work i^romptly and in a most satisfactory manner. He has had manj' years of practical 




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4GS A HALF (KyTLKV OF BOSTOn's BUILDIXG. 

experience in the building trade and is a thoroughly competent and reliable business man. 
He is always pleased to furnish plans and estimates for the construction of new buildings or 
for the remodeling or repair of those already built, and atteu'ls to all orders promptly. His 
residence is at 177 Warren street. 

L. W. and C. E. Eddy doing business as L. W. Ed<ly & Co., are engaged in the business of 
carpentering and building with offices at 709 Dudley street. Dorchester and 28o Quincy street, 
Eoxbury. The business was established in 1890, and the firm have been doing a good busi- 
ness which has been constantly increasing. They do a general line of building and repair 
work, and have all they can attend to. They are both ]iractical men and are thoroughly 
acquainted with the trade in their line. 

Hkxrv a. Slakix. 7 Water street, room 913 Carter building, does a general business as a 
contractor and Imilder. having been established in the business since 1890. He has done a 
great deal of work in this city, having erected quite a number of large and notable buildings 
He has had years of pratical experience and is a thoroughlj" c<)m[)etent and reliable business 
man. His business is rapidly increasing and he is employed by some of the largest real 
estate owners in their building operations. Some of the buildings erected by Mr. Slakin are : 
11' to 18 Brighton street, 2C> Barton street, and 23 Willard street, 27 and 61 Lowell street, 5 
Cotting street, 306 Hanover street, and 479 to 499 Hanover street; also, Caledonia block, 
Lewis street extension. 

A. S. N. EsTEs, civil and hydraulic engineer, at 199 Washington street, in the Sears 
building, makes a specialty of developing water jjowers, making examinations surveys, plans, 
reports and estinmtes, designs and specifications for water works, sewers, mills, dams. etc. 
Air. Estes has had a very large experience and is a practical engineer whose ability has been 
called into play in many of the large cities and towns throughout Xew England, where his 
knowledge of engineering has been very useful. 

Till-; BosTox Galvaxizixo AVouks which were established in 1886, are located at 145 
Fulton Street, and do a general business in galvanizing and sheet iron work. The business 
was formerly owned and conducted by "William McFee, who sold out to the present company 
consisting of W. F. Cuther and J. H. Vail, in 1895. The company do a very large and 
constantly increasing business, their goods being in demand all over Xew England and New 
York state. Among some of the buildings furnished with materials by this company are : the 
Chamber of Commerce, Castle Sc^uare Theatre, Dormitory at Harvard College, ^'anderbilt 
Villa at Newport. They have also furnished materials used in the construction of buildings 
by John Farquhar's Sons, E. 1). Hicks & Son, Xorcross Brothers, G. Vi'. & F. Smith Iron Co,, 
and many others. The works are equipped with all the latest and most improved machinery 
and appliances for the ra^nd and satisfactory production of first-class work, and the company 
have a very high reputation for square and honorable dealing, 

Amoxg the well-knciwn and most extensive plumbers and sanitary engineers in the city :Mr. 
Isaac X^. Tucker stands in the front ranks. He has been identified with the trade for a great 
many years and is one of the most thorough and practical men in the business. He makes a 
specialty of the highest grade of sanitary engineering, and in this line has completed a great 





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mauy large eontrai'ts in tliis city and vicinity, among tliem being Exchange Building, Xew 
I'ublic Library. Ericson Hotel, Hotel Savoy, Master Builders" Exchange, Ames Buildings, 
Kingston street, Farknv Building, State street. He is a member of the Master Builders' Asso- 
ciation and has an order box at the Association rooms, IGO Devonshire street. His shop and 
main office are at 479 Tremont street, where he carries a large line of general "plumbing ma- 
terial and sanitary appliances. He is prepared to make plans and furnish estimates on large 
or small contracts, and lias the facilities for completing all su(!h contracts jiroraptly and in a 
satisfactory manner. 

The plumbing business conducted by William J. Fitzpatrick at 32 Pemberton square was 
established in 1889, and until two years ago he had a partner associated with him in the busi- 
ness. His specialty is first-class plumbing and he has done the work in many of the later large 
buildings of the city in a most satisfactory manner, showing him to be a thorough master of 
the trade. He is also the maker of a device or apparatus for testing the plumbing in old 
buildings. His trade extends all over New England, and the reputation lie has pstablislitd by 
skillful and thorough work brings to him the best class of business. 

WiLLARD Ames and William Joscelyn, under the firm name of Ames & Joscelyn, at 3 
India square, do a general business as jobbing carpenters. They do everything in the line of 
carpenter work, and since they began business in 1889, have built up a very large trade in 
their line. The}- are both practical and experienced workmen and have a very high 
reputation for square and honorable dealing. They have done work for many of the best 
houses in the city, and given the best of satisfaction. 

Amoxg the large retail lumlier dealers in the Dorchester district, having a very extensive 
trade among the builders, is .Mr. Otis Eddy, whose yards are at 244 Freejiort street. The 
business was established in 18C9 and has been constantly increasing ever since. A large stock 
of all kinds of lumber used in building is always carried and can be furnished promptly and 
at short notice. 

E. AY. Clark >S; Co.. the well-known masons and builders, whose office is at 7 Water street, 
in the elegant new Carter building, are among those who have contributed a great deal 
to the building up of the city, having erected a number of very handsome edifices. The 
firm is one of the best known and most reliable, and has an excellent reputation for a 
s\iperior (piality of work. 

OxE of the best known and most successful places of amusement iu America is that owned 
bv Stone & Shaw and known as "Austin & Stone's Museum." It is located on Tremont Row, 
Sf'ollny Square, and, is open both day and evening. Tlrere is a stage jierformance everj- hour 
by the best talent, and all the leading curiosities of the day are to be seen in the Lecture Hall, 
connected with the Theatre. The admission is only ten cents, and there is not another place 
(tf amusement in the city that attracts more jieople or gives better satisfaction than this. It 
was established in 1883, and has always been conducted in a thoroughly respectable and 
business-like manner. 

With the march of improvements in building, has come the conservation of wasted energy, 
and the wasted energy of walking up several flights of stairs is a thing of the past. No 
modern business building or hotel is considered complete without an elevator, and in the 



A HALF CEXTLRV OF BOSTON's BUILDINT.. 471 

manufacture of these silent servants, which are now more of a necessity than a convenience, 
Mr. Elias Brewer, who has been engaged in the same business for twenty-one years, has kejit 
ahead of the times. 

Mr. ISrewer manufactures Hydraulic, Steam, Belt, and Hand electric elevators, and has 
introduced liis elevators into about one hundred hotels and private residences in Boston, and 
about fifty similar buildings in Xew York City. 

Among the Boston buildings which contain elevators of his manufacture may be mentioned 
the following hotels: Sanford, Graffani, Regent, Glenwood. Windermere, Garfield, Rand, 
Exeter, I'almerston, and the Charlesgate, Columbia theatre building, 224 Tremout and 228 
Tremont street, the Stratford and 845 Boylston street. 

Their elevators are all made under patents of Mr. lirewer's inventions, and his safety 
devices which are also patented, are peculiarlj' valuable. Mr. Brewer is located at 52 Sudbury 
St., Boston, and his trade extends not only through this country bvit also into Canada. 

J. E. Chkistkx has succeeded to the business of Louis Christen, as agent for the Germania 
Fire Insurance Company of New York, an^ also transacts a general insurance brokerage busi- 
ness, with an office at 40 Montgomery street. Orders received by mail are promptly attended 
to, and business is placed in the best companies. J. E. Christen is thoroughly reliable and 
has the confidence and patronage of the best class of customers. 

A OKEAT deal of polished brass work is now being used in the finish and decoration of 
buildings, and the business is one requiring both skill and experience. Mr. Harry Hunt 
whose place of business is at 69 Haverhill street, has one of the most complete plants for do- 
ing this class of work to be found in this part of the country. He is a brass finisher and 
manufacturer of specialties, such as hose couplings, hose pipes, lawn sprinklers, and corpora- 
tion water work of all kinds. He makes a specialty of brass pattern and model work, having 
the best of facilities for doing everything in this line in a first-class manner. Having had 
many years of practical experience in these lines he is able to do the work in a scientific and 
highly satisfactory manner. He is always pleased to make estimates and furnish plans when 
desired. 

L. Foster Morse, whose office, is at 5G Warren street, is an Auctioneer, Real Estate, and 
Insurance broker. He has been in the business for more than a cpiarter of a century — was one 
of the Commissioners for the City of Boston on the subject of Annexation of Charlestown, 
West Roxbur}% and Brighton — sold at one Auction Sale land in the city of Boston, to the 
amount of over f 1,000,000. 

A. McLellax, 254 Albany street, Boston, does all kinds of teaming, having a large number 
of heavy teams for doing general trucking, and being emploj'ed by many of the largest concerns 
in the city. He also has wharfage and storage for lumber, conveniently located and well 
arranged for general accommodation. 

Thomas J. Thokx, 107 West Cottage .street, Roxbury, does all kinds of building and car- 
penter work. He has had many years of practical experience as a builder and is well known 
in this city, where he has erected a number of buildings. He does all kinds of jobbing and 
repair work, store and office fitting, house finishing, etc. 



472 A HALF CKNTUKV OF BOSTON S Bl-JLl) I ,\<i. 

William J. Boyce, 2038 Washington street, pvaetical iihunber and gas titter, has a large 
first-class city and suburban trade, and the business is constantly growing. Special attention is 
given to drainage and ventilation. He is a thoroughly competent and reliable workman, and 
attends to all orders promptly and in a satisfactory first-class manner. He pays special atten- 
tion til jobbing and repair work. 

T. J. Williams, 91 Ccimpton street., is a well-known ]ilumber and sanitary engineer, and a 
dealer in tine plumbing materials and the latest sanitaiy specialties. He carries a large stock of 
the above materials and has a very large business fnrnishingthe trade with all kinds of materials. 
He is a jiractieal workman and attends to all orders promptly. 

Okk of tlie well-known carpenters and builders in the Dorchester district is Mr. John H. 
Kellar, who has his place of business on Topliff street. He has done a great deal of building 
all over the city, and has a splendid reputation as a square business man and a skillful work- 
man. He has had many years of experience and is capable of doing the very best class of 
work. Among some of the houses erected in different places are Eliot B. Mayo's house in 
Jamaica Plain; H. B. McLean's house in I'.rookline; E. J. Foster's house in Pleasant street, 
Dorchester, and ethers. 

John H. Killiax is the successor to the business formerly conducted by P. J. (Jwens, at 
ilf) Eustis street, as a general plumber. Mr. Killian is a thoroughly practical workman and 
has had a long experience in the business. He pays special attention to new work, as well as 
all kinds of jobbing and rejjair work, and orders left with him will receive prompt 
attention. His residence is at ',l2(i Albany street, Eoxbury. Some specimens of his skill are : 
House on Cook street, Dorchester district, ^Nlrs. E. Caverly, (iwner. F. C. Creber, builder (all 
open work); houses on Cook place and Fremont place, Dorchester ; houses on Glendale and 
Cdlumbia streets, Dorchester, S. B. Pierce, owner. W. J. Jobling, builder ; house on Babcock 
street, lirookline; ]\Irs. Carson, owner, F. C. Creber, builder; houses on Magazine street, 
Hoxbury ; also houses on Minden street and Nawn place, 0. Nawn, owner, D. McDonald, 
builder. Estimates given < n new work. 

I. H. Bo(;akt does a general business as a carpenter and builder, also all kinds of job- 
bing and repair work. Mr. Bogart is one of the well-known master builders of the city, and 
has an order box at the association rooms in the Master Builders' Association Building, 1G6 
Devonshire street. All orders left there, or at the shop, 33 Doane street, will leceive prompt 
attention. 

A few of the many buildings superintended by Mr. liogart while a member of the tirm of 
1!. D. Whiteomb & Co., and while connected Avith 1!. D. Whiteomb, are : N. D. Whitney's 
residence, Columbus avenue and Wellington street ; Charles Merriam's, Commonwealth avenue ; 
F. L. Ames', Comuionwealth avenue and Dartmouth street ; Museum of Fine Arts, Boston ; 
Xathaniel Thayer's residence, Commonwealth avenue and Fairfield street ; E. V. R. Thayer's 
residence, Commonwealth avenue and Gloucester street; Mrs. Xathaniel Thayer's residence; 
New England Life Insurance building, Post (Office square ; Hospital Life Lisurance building, 
,S( I State street ; also buildings in New York City and St ite, and Hastings Hall for Harvard 
College. He is at present fitting uj) for statuary the William Hayes-Fogg Art Museum, of 
Harvard I'niversitv. 



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A. H. HoYT & Co., 189 Pearl street, are inaniifacturers of liydraulir. electric, belt, carriage, 
sidewalk, and liaiid-])0\ver elevators of all kinds. The company have special facilities for 
fiirnisliiug fire-i)roof doors, shutters, well-ways, and iron door frames. One of their specialties 
is apartment lilts and duiul) waiters. Some of tlie specimens of their work may be fonnd as 
follows: New Constitution Wharf building ; Quequechan Club House, Fall River: Xew Town 
Hall, Leominster ; Public Library, Northborough. They have also done work for the following 
contractors : W. .S. Hill & Co., South street ; Albert Geiger, ^fass. avenue ; A. D. Vinal, 
Beacon street; and Howard Coon, Beacon street. 

The Zie(;lkr Ei.ectkic Company, manufacturers of and dealers in tine scientific and 
electrical instruments, at tlie corner of Fianklin. Federal and Channing streets, was incorpo- 
rated in 1894 witli am^ile capital, succeeding to the business of Ziegler Brothers, manufacturers 
of and dealers in all kinds of electrical 
and mechanical instruments, and that of 
A. P. Gage & Son, educational instr\i- 
inents for the scliools and colleges. The 
officers of the company are : A. A. Ziegler, 
])residentandgeneral manager ; A. Ziegler, 
treasurer; J. O. Ziegler, secretary and 
electrical engineer. This house makes a 
specialty of experimental wurk and the 
developing of new ideas in electrical 
science, having a thoroughly e(piip]>ed 
sliop for this class of work ; and also man- 
ufacture standard electrical testing instru- 
ments for electrical companies, colleges, 
schools and laboratories, and are also pre- 
pared at all times to do electric lighting, 
telegraphic Avork, making and putting in 
fire alarm apparatus, annunciators, call 
magnetos, switch bnards, indicators, burglar 
alarms, dynamos for power and hand use, 
bells, batteries, line and insulated magnet 
wire, and electric sui^plies of all kinds. 
They also have a department for the 
repairing of all kinds of electric instru- 
ments, which is done by experienced and 
skillful workmen. Their aim is to do only 
first-class work, securing the liighest degree 
of excellence, and guarantee satisfaction 

in every detail. In the line of special apparatus culled lor in the text-books of 
Professor A. P. Gage, on jjhysics, this company manufacture all the apparatus called therein, 
and are prepared to fill all oiders promptly. They do a very large business in all parts of the 



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474 A HALF CEXTfEV OF BOSTOX's BUILDTXr,. 

United States and Canada, giving employment to a large number of skilled mechanics. The 
company has the finest show room in New England, and at all times carries a complete stock 
to equil a physical or chemical laboratory. The business is constantly increasing, and the 
company is building up a rejiutation second to none in this country for the variety and excel- 
lence of its production. 

KoKERT Black, plasterer and stucco worker, 16 Albion street, Eoxbury, has built up a 
very extensive and constantl}' increasing business in his trade. He is one of the most 
practical and skillful workmen and is thoroughly reliable in ever}' respect. He has been 
engaged on some of the best work in the city, his work being chiefly in the Back Bay and 
Brookline, and has always given the very best of satisfaction. 

D. G. S(iUiKE, 10 "Waterlow street, Dorchester, does a general business as a carpenter and 
builder, having constructed a number of very fine buildings in different parts of the city and 
vicinit\'. He has all the facilities for doing all kinds of carpenter work promptly and in a 
most satisfactory manner, also jolibing of all kinds, such as store and office fittings, house 
finishing, and general repairing. 

F. J. Herthel, Jr., does a general business as a real estate and insurance broker, and in 
the negotiation of loans and mortgages. He is a man well known in his line of business and 
has built up a large patronage. He has had the handling of a large amount of real estate and 
has been wonderfuUv successful in its management and sale. He has an office at 227 
Washington street, and also one at 212 Kuggles street. 

George Williajis, 3 Troviuce court, does a general business as a house, sign and fresco 
painter, grainer and glazier. He has built up a very large and constantly increasing business 
and has a very high reputation among the trade as a competent and skillful workman, 
thoroughly honest and relialile in all his dealings. He has done a great deal of work in and 
around Boston, and has always given the very best of satisfaction. 

C. A. Bray, loo Eliot street, does a general business as a sanitary plumber and gas fitter, and 
has a very extensive trade, having built up an excellent business in the past few years. He 
is a thoroughly piractical and reliable workman and has done some very large jobs in and 
around Boston, which attest his skill and reliability. He is well and favorably known to the 
trade and has an excellent reputation as a square and honest business man. 

Mr. Bray did all the work in the handsome residence of Councilman Sullivan at lOl) 
Webster street, East Boston, at a cost of nearl}- $4,000. All of the material was selected and 
work laid out according to Mr. Bray's ideas and it is called one of the finest jobs in the city. 
He also did the work in the residence of IVtr. Charles P. ]>rightnian at Eall River, and the 
Harvard Dental College building on North (rrove street. 

Alexaxder McGiLVRAY, 4 Draper court, Dorchester, is a builder of long and practical 
experience, who has done a great deal in the way of adding to the growth of the buildings of 
Boston and vicinity. He does a general business in this line and has the facilities for the 
prompt and satisfactory construction of buildings of all kinds. He is always pleased to give 
estimates on new work, and is thorougldy competent and reliable. 



A HALF CEXTIRY OF BOSTOx'S BUILDING. 475 

Smith Brothers, memliers of the Mechanics' Exchange, liaving tlieir headquarters at the 
rooms of the association, 17 Otis street, are engaged in the business of plain and ornamental 
plasterers, and are recognized as among the leading concerns in the business. They have done 
a great deal of excellent work on many of the modern buildings in the city and their business 
is constantly increasing. 

J. H. Holmes, 505 Shawmut avenue, does a general business as a carpenter and builder, 
having been in the business for several years and built up a very successful and constantly 
increasing trade. He is a thoroughly practical and reliable business man and has done a great 
deal of building in and around Boston. He has the facilities for furnishing the plans and 
specifications for biiildings of all kinds, and doing the construction work promptly and in a 
very satisfactory manner. Mr. Holmes is one of the best known and highly respected men in 
the business, and has as his customers many of the largest real estate owners. He makes a 
specialty of dwelling houses and tenement blocks, and does general jobliing and repair work of 
all kinds. 

Mr. Chaeles E. Moss, 14 Broad street, manufactures blue process paper and cloths and is 
also engaged in the reproduction of drawings by the blue jDrinting process and the process for 
giving a black line on a white ground. He has taken the prints for a very large number of 
the most prominent buildings all over the country, and has the best of facilities for doing all 
kinds of work in this line. He also carries a large line of detail drawing papers and tracing 
cloths. He is always pleased to give any information in relation to this class of work and 
furnish estimates upon application. He has had large experience and is widely known to the 
trade for the excellence of his workmanship. His business has greatly increased in the last 
few years and he keeps up with the times in everything pertaining to his trade. 

The E. Woodman Maxufacturixi; & Supply Co., 63 Oliver street, was established in 
1872, and is engaged in the manufacture of fancy hardware, specialties, railroad, office and 
mill sujiplies. One of the specialties is the manufacture of railroad ticket punches, and the 
coiupany have a very large variety of styles and designs in this line. Their goods are in use 
all over the country, and they have over six thousand in use on the West End Koad of Boston; 
also on the Lynn cV- Boston, East Jliddlesex, and most of the other street railroads in this 
vicinity using ticket punches. They also manufacture pew numbers and yjlates of every 
description, in endless varietj' of shapes and in all kinds of metals: in gold, silver, nickel, 
or bronze plate, or aluminum. This house has the advantage over a great many other 
manufacturers, as they make and design their own special tools, dies, etc., etc., for the 
nmnufacture of these and other goods, wJiich will in the majority of cases enable them to quote 
lower prices for first-class work. Mr. Woodman is one of the best-known inventors in this 
line of goods, and the company do a very large business. The company have fourteen patents 
on ticket punches, speed indicators, car seals and car sealing presses, perforating stamjis, 
multiple rubber stamps, holders, etc. Special tools and machines are also made for the 
manufacture of jiatented articles, etc. Xew inventions are developed. The company made 
for a number of years all tlie lead seals and wire fastenings used by the United States Treasury 
Department in sealing bonded cars, etc. This called for more than a million a year. A very 
complete catalogue is issued, which will be sent to anyone on application. 



476 A HALF CEXTtaiY OF BOSTOx'.S BlILDIXU. 

G. S. Haliwell, 27 Fiiltou street, does all kinds of carpenter and building work, making 
a specialty of fitting up stores and offices, having all the facilities for making and setting up 
counters and fixtures of all kinds. He is always pleased to make estimates for new work or 
for the remodeling of old buildings. Mr. Haliwell lias had a large experience and is a very 
skilled workman, doing nothing but first-cdass work. 

jMelvix ]). Avers, 687 Centre street, and 17 Otis street, does a general business as 
carpenter and builder, also all kinds of jobbing. He pays particular attention to packing 
furniture for shipping, and has constantly on hand a large assortment of doors, sash, blinds, 
door and window frames, hardware, and hard and soft lumber. He attends to all orders 
promptly and is doing a large and constantly increasing business. Among the buildings which 
he has erected are Paul Lincoln house. Park Place; Daniel Smatley house, Green street; New 
England Teleplume & Telegraph Company, Albion street ; Xew England Telephone & Telegraph 
Company, Farnsworth street; Xew England Telephone & Telegraph Co., Chardon street; 
Nathan Stone, three houses, Greenough place; Col. T. L. Livermore house, Alveston street; 
E. K. Eose house, Thomas street; Eailej' L. Paige, two houses, Lester i)lace; Eiley's house. 
Jamaica street : Patton's house, Jamaica street. 

Among the well-known and successful plumbers of the city none enjoj' a better reputation 
for first-class workmanship than John Cooper, who has been identified with the ti'ade since 
1872 when he established himself in business at 19 Milk street. Later he removed to his 
present location at 144 Harrison avenue where he has since been. He has done the jjlumbing 
in some of the large modern buildings in a most satisfactory manner and is well known in the 
adjoining towns within a radius of forty miles of Boston. He does a very extensive business 
and stands very high in the trade as a man of skill and experience. 

Geok(;e W. and "\Vaki;e\ Sttdley, doing business under the firm najue of Studley 
Brothers, at 71 Park street, Dorchester, do carpenter work of all kinds, also building, having 
established a very good business in and around Dorchester, where they are well known as 
thoroughly competent and reliable business men. They pay special attention to jobbing and 
repair work, and are always pleased to make estimates. 

One of the oldest and best known builders in the city and one who has done his share in 
building up the place, is Mr. L F. Tarbox. Mr. Tarbox is a member of the Builders' and 
Contractors' Association, and his Boston office is at the rooms of the Exchange, 17 Otis street. 
His residence is at 68 Cedar street, Maiden. He has been identified with the building interests 
of the city and vicinity for a great many years, and is everywhere looked upon as a man of 
ability and one of unquestioned reputation. He has built a great many lioiises and is 
thoroughly acquainted with the demands of the present time in the construction of buildings 
and the methods of doing the work. He is a contractor and builder and has done work in his 
line all over New England. 

i\L J. MuLKERN, who has been established in the business of general plumbing for the pa.st 
six years, has been very successful and is one of the best known men in the trade. He is 
a careful and skillful workman and has done some very fine plumbing in this city and vicinity. 
He makes a specialty of sanitary work and has the best of facilities for doing the work 
promptly and in the most satisfactory manner. 



A HALF CENTURY OF BOSTOn"s BUILDINCi. 477 

Joshua Sears, one of Boston's best known and most skillful decorators and painters, lias 
an office at 178 Tremont street. Mr. Sears has had a very large experience iu interior 
decoration, and with his natural ability and taste as an artist, is especially well fitted to the 
work to which he has given his time and attention for so many years. It is not to be wondered 
at, that a man who has built up for himself such an enviable reputation in his special line, 
finds his services in demand, where there is a job requiring just the ability which he is known 
to possess. Interior decoration is to-day an important trade, as the modern ideas of interior 
finish call for a very high degree of artistic taste and ability. Mr. Sears has done the 
decorating and painting in many of the modern buildings of Boston, both public and private, 
and always to the entire satisfaction of those for whom the work was done. He makes a 
specialty of relief and papier mache work, which is at present much used in the better and 
more costly buildings. 

A. C. CnisHOLM and William Sullivax, doing business under the iinn name of Chishohu & 
Sullivan, do a general business as carpenters and builders, including all kinds of jobbing- and 
repair work. They have the best of facilities for doing everything in the woodworking line and 
are both experienced and practical workmen. They have done a great deal of work in 
Eoxbury and vicinity. Mr. Cliisholm resides at 15 Ingleside street, and Mr. Sullivan at 
208 Heath street. 

The Chem-Electric Manufacturing Company, 17 Batterjuuarch street, are manufacturers 
of all kinds of electric batteries, including faradaic medical, bichromate, storage and chloride 
of silver batteries, electric advertising signs, electric non-winding clocks, push buttons, switches 
and current reverses, new electric annunciator for hotels, etc., etc. Their goods are all of the 
newest and most improved designs. They issue a catalogue which will be sent on application. 

James H. Murphy, one of the well-known builders located at Jamaica Plain, has worked 
up a very large and constantly increasing business and enjoys a splendid reputation for the 
high class of workmanship which characterizes all his work. He has done a great deal of 
building in different parts of the city and is spoken of very highly by all who have ever em- 
ployed him. He has all the facilities for doing tirst-class work, and is a reliable an<l pains- 
taking business man. 

One of the necessities of every modern building is a good door check. The Blount door 
check and spring is one of the best, and has had a very large sale all over the couutrj-. 
It is simple in construction, easily applied, and does the work perfectly. A. J. 
Wilkinson & Co., are the New England agents at 180 to 188 Washington street. They will 
send a book giving all the particulars, to any address, on application. 

Hexry C. DiU'OXT, 40 Dundee street, iu the Back Bay district, is one of the carpen- 
ters and builders who have done much toward the building up of the city, having erected a 
number of buildings in different sections. He is also a wholesale dealer in hard and soft 
lumber. Mr. Dupont is a man of long experience and is thoroughly reliable and square in all 
his dealings. 

Tlie buildings erected during the last year by Mr. Dupont are as follows : Fifteen buildings 
on St. Botolph street; three on Northampton; ten on Parker street, Back Bay ; tenon Xewbury 
street, and ten on Beacon street. 



478 A HALF CKNTLKY OF IJiSTOXS KUILDIXU. 

Boston is noted for the immber and elegance of its theatres, and the reputation which it 
has gained in this repect is being well maintained. One of tlie latest additions to the number 
of magnificent theatre bnildings is the grand Castle Square Theatre, acknowledged to be one 
of the most beantiful in the country. Its location, well up town, nearer the population 
which are the largest theatre goers, is well calcidated to make it one of the most popular ; 
altliough this was thought by many to be a mistake, time has proven that it was just what 
was wanted, and from the time it was first opened, it has been one of the best patronized 
houses in the city. It is easy of access from all parts of the city, cars from East Boston, 
Union Station, Charlestown, Somerville, Boxbury and Dorchester passing the door. In its 
general design and equipment, it is unsurpassed. Constructed of the very Viest of fire resisting 
materials and in every way made as near fire-proof as possible, with its own electric light 
jdant and with the most perfect system -of ventilation that has yet been devised, it combines 
all the elements of comfort, utility and beauty, to an extent never before reached in theatre 
building. While in its outward appearance it is grand and imposing, in its interior finish 
and decoration it is elegant and superbly magnificent. The grand foyer is dazzling in its 
design and decorations, statuary and paintings combining to form a most beautiful scene. 
The auditorium with its broad aisles and chairs, is scarcely less beautiful in its arrangements 
and decorations, everything which could in any way add to its comfort and attractiveness 
having been utilized. The immense stage, the largest in the city, is complete in every detail, 
thoroughly equipped with all the nn:)ilern app)liances and scenic effects for the production of 
the latest creations of the dramatist. It seems impossible to suggest anything which conld 
in any way be- an improvement to this grand and popular place of amusement, and under its 
efficient and progressive management it is receiving the patronage whicli it ricldy deserves. 

Among the recent addititms to the elegant hotels of the city, there is none which comes 
nearer to the perfect ideal, both as to location and furnishings than the Castle Square. In 
connection with the Castle Square theatre it is one of the handsomest, architecturally, of any 
of the hotel buildings, and that is saying considerable, for there are several very liandsome 
hotel buildings in the city. But it is in its interior design and finish where is displayed 
the most lavish skill and artistic elaboration. The main entrance is elegant in design and 
presents many unique and attractive features which are original and pleasing in their effect. 
Passing on to the office and reception rooms, the same originality of design in the elaborate 
finishing and furnishing are noticeable, and one is impressed with the thoroughness and 
completeness of this magnificent hostelry, which lias already become one of the most popular 
and best patronized. The two hundred and fifty rooms are every one outside, all with baths, 
and every bath outsiile, an advantage possessed by no other hotel in the city, all being 
completely furnished in the very best style, supplied with all the modern conveniences, and 
comforts. The cuisine is unsurpassed, and nothing is wanting to add in any way to its 
completeness. The proprietor is well-known and popular as a hotel man, and has won the 
patronage of the very best class of patrons by his efforts to make his house one of the best in 
the city. The house is located very conveniently, being but a short distance from the southern 
depots, with the electric cars running to all parts of the city passing its doors. 

One of tlie best-known contractors and builders in the Dorchester district is ]Mr. Carl F. 
Monk, who has built up a business secoiul to none, and which, owing to the geiieral excellence 



ADVKKTISEMEXTS. 



479 



^astle Square Theatre, 

\ ^ 421 Tremont St., cor. Ferdinand and Chandler.y 



Only Fire=proof Theatre in Boston and the 
Host Magnificent in America 




GRAND FOYER, CASTLE SQUARE THEATRE. 

PERFECT iZENTILHTION. COMFORT KND BEKUTY COMBINED. 
« "NOT TO HAVE SEEN IT IS NOT TO HAVE SEEN BOSTON. ' * 



Evenings at 8. 



Saturday Matinee at 2. 



East Boston, Union Station, Charlestown and Somerville Cars Pass the Door. 

South Boston and Cambridge Cars Half a Block away. 

Three minutes' walk from Providence Depot via Ferdinand Street li* 



480 A HALF CKNTlliY OF HOSTnN'.S HIII.DING. 

of his work luid liis lii,i,'li i-liaraeter as a builder, is being constantly increased. .Mr. Monk has 
done a great deal of building in and around Boston, making a specialty of dwelling houses, of 
which he has constructed a very large number. He has an established reputation as a builder 
and is a thoroughly competent and reliable business man. He is always pleased to make 
estimates on all kinds of buildings, and has the facilities for completing his contracts proniptly 
and satisfactorily. He has an office at the corner of Norfolk street and Mountain avenue, and 
also at 1 ISeacon street, in the All)iou building. 

.MoRsK Brothers, established 1870, who succeeded to the business of G. P. Fisher, at 85 
Merrimac street, do a general business in tin plate and sheet iron working, tin roofing, 
plumbing and gas fitting. They have all the facilities for doing everything in their line 
prom])tly and in a very scientific and satisfactory manner. They are always pleased to give 
estimates on anything in their line, and are thoroughly reliable in every respect. 

A. L. McKenzie, 121 Eliot street, does a general business as a carpenter and general 
jobber, making a specialty of store and office fixtures. He has a well-equipped shoji where he 
does sawing, turning and moulding, pattern and model making, etc. Mr. McKenzie has had a 
very large experience and is a very capable and reliable workman. All work entrusted to him 
is executed in a skillful and satisfactory manner and very promptly, 

W. J. H.ivwARD, Jones avenue, Dorchester, is a well-known contracting mason, who has 
built up a very large business which he is constantly increasing. He does all kinds of stone 
and brick work, concreting and grading, and is always jjleased to make plans and give 
estimates for anything in this line. He is a thoroughly reliable and competent workman and 
executes all orders promptly and in a satisfactory manner. 

v.. W. ;MoxA(aiAN. S6 Auckland street, does a general Inisiness as a mason and plasterer, 
and has l.iuilt up a very large business which is constantly increasing. He is a careful and 
skillful workman, who has had a large experience in the business and understands it thor- 
oughly. He has done the plastering on a great many of the large buildings in the city and 
always gives the very best of satisfaction wherever he is employed. 

CnA];i.Ks CoiiPEK, (i Main street, Charlestown. does a general jilumbing and gas-fitting 
business, and is one of the best-known men in the trade in Charlestown. He also does all kinds 
of furnace and range repairing, and deals in grates, linings, etc. He is a thoroughly competent 
and reliable workman in eveiy respect. 

William J. Kouxds, To Joy street, does a general business as a mason and whiteiier. 
The business has been established since 184(1, and lie is one of the best-known men in the 
business to-day. He does everything in the way of setting ranges, grates, furnaces and boilers, 
and his long experience enables him to do the work in the Ix'St and most satisfactory manner. 

The Jerome Decohative Comi'axv, 44 Warren avenue, of which J. 1!. Jerome is the 
manager, do all kinds of frescoing, decin-ative and plain painting. The comjianj- makes a 
specialty of composition relief work in new designs, and emi)loy a number of very skillful 
workmen. All work is done in a first-class manner, and the company have some very fine 
examples of their work in the many buildings in this city which they have decorated, theatres, 
hotels, and churches being a specialty. 



A HAI.F CEXTUKY OF KOSTO.n's BUILDIXC. 481 

Erastvs E. Piper, 101 West Brookline street, does a general business as a carpenter and 
builder, making a specialty of repairs and alterations. He has had years of experience in this 
city and does all his work in a first-class and thorough manner. Mr. Piper is verj- highly 
spoken of by every one and is well known all over the city. 

Warkex D. Vixal, 54 Devonshire street, is engaged in the real estate business which 
lie has carried on so successfully for a number of years. He has handled a great deal of 
property in and about this city, and has as his customers some of the largest property owners. 
He is a thoroughly reliable and trustworthy business man and is well known in real estate 
circles. 

J. J. -loiiNSTOX, (iS Brainbridge street, lloxbury, is engaged in tiie building of houses for 
sale and to rent. He always has on haiul a number of very .desirable houses suited to all 
classes of customers. He has been identified with the building interests for a number of years 
and is well known as an honest and reliable business man. 

ISIiTCHELL & Sutherland are among the well-known builders of the city, being members 
of the Master Builders' Association, with an office in the Association building at 166 Devon- 
shire street, also at 299 Devonshire street. They are engaged in the erection of buildings of 
all kinds and have built some very handsome ones in different parts of the city and state. 

Akey Bkothers, 713 Kast Eourth street, South Boston, are dealers in stoves, ranges, 
furnaces, and kitchen furnishing goods of all kinds. They also do plumbing, tin roofing, stove 
and furnace work of all kinds, jobbing and repairing, etc. They do a verj' large business and 
carry a large stock of goods. Their business has been established for fifteen years and they 
have an excellent (dass of customers. 

The firm of Charles D. Densmore & Co., dealers in doors, windows and blinds, 183 Black- 
stone street, was established in 1874, and lias built up a very good business with a trade which 
extends all over New England. The extensive building operations which have been all the 
while increasing, have made the demand for this class of goods very large and their firm have 
carried a large line of the various grades of stock, to accommodate the trade, which has 
shown its appreciation of their enterprise and ability by giving it their patronage. They have 
the best of facilitie.^ for filling large or small orders and their stock is complete and of the best 
quality. 

J. E. WiLiuR, 13 Ballon avenue, Dorchester, does a general business as a carpenter and 
builder, having been engaged in building operations in and around Boston for many years. 
He is a thoroughly competent and reliable workman, and attends to all orders promptly and in 
a satisfactory manner. He does all kinds of jobbing and repair work, and is always pleased 
to make plans and estimates. 

J. J. Shaw, 17 Exchange Place, appraiser and builder, lias quite an extensive patronage, 
and has built up a very good business in his line. He has had many years of practical experi- 
ence and is a thoroughly com])etent and reliable business man. He is well known among the 
trade generally and has a very high reputation for square and honorable dealing. 

Ct'TTixG, Bardwell & CoMPANY, Worccstcr, Mass., are among the large building contract- 
ors who have been very successful in securing contracts for the erection of public and private 
buildings of all kinds, and are well known in this city, where they have done a great deal of 



4SL' A HALF ( ENITEY OF BOSTON S BlILDINO. 

work, tlieii- Boston office being in the Master Builders' Association building at KU) Devon- 
shire street. The ooni]iauv makes a specialty of the larger buildings, such as churches, school 
houses, libraries, etc. 

The Magxksi)-Cai,( ite Fike-Fkoof Oompaxv, are manufacturers of Magneso-Calcite for 
use in buildings. It is used as a lining between floors and upon walls, ceilings, elevators, 
doors, etc. This material is a non-conductor of heat and is both sound and vermin-proof. It 
has been very extensively used in Imildings all over New England and lias always given the 
very best of satisfaction. Being a non-conductor of heat it is especially valuable as a fire- 
proof material, and is very highly recommended for this purpose. The company is also the 
sole New England agent for Martin process tire-proof paints, kalzites and liquids. The office 
of the company is at 160 Devonshire street, in the ]\Iaster Builders" Association Building. 

The following are a few of the buildings recently filled with ]\Iagneso-Calcite : Ames build- 
ing, Essex and Lincoln streets. C. Everett Clark & Co., builders ; Proctor building. Federal 
street, Ira G. Hersey, builder; Wakefield building, Canal street, Ira G. Hersey, builder; 
Herald building, Washington street, Ira G. Hersey, builder; Little building, Essex street, 
J. y. Mainland, builder; City Hospital (six buildings), Gerry «& Northrup, builders ; Putnam 
building. Congress street, Gerry & Northrup, builders ; Boulevard stables, St. Mary's street, 
Boston, Mass.: Welch House, Bay State road, Boston, Mass.; Brown, Durrell Building, Essex 
and Kingston streets ; Moulton street school-house. East Boston, Gifford & Lawrence, builders ; 
Morton street school-house, Boston, Mass.. John jMcXamara, builder; Eoughan Building, 
Harrison avenue, Donovan & Brock, builders; Warehouse, Portland street, David H. Jacobs; 
W. D. Yinars apartments, JVIountford street; W. D. Yinal's apartments. Beacon street; W. D. 
Vinal's ai)artments, Ivy street; D. W. Thomas's apartments. West Newbury street; Morris 
Gutlou's ai)artments, Tremont street ; IMorris Gutlon's apartments, Oswego street ; Morris 
Gutlon's apartments, Humboldt avenue; Morris Gutlon's apartments, Washington street; 
Morris Gutlon's apartments, Bartlett street; INIorris Gutlon's apartments, Norfolk street; 
A. Bilalsky"s apartments, Brighton street; A. Bilafsky's apartments, Leverett street; A. Bil- 
afsky's apartments, Compton street; A. Bilafsky's apartments, Church street; A. Bilafsky's 
apartments. Westland avenue; Boston & Maine station. Causeway street; Boston Rubber Co., 
Chelsea, IMass. ; St. Ann's convent, I^Iarlboro, Mass. ; Merchant's National Bank, New Bedford, 
Mass. ; New City Hall, Portland, Oregon ; Chemical Laboratory. Bowdoin College, Brunswick, 
Me. ; State Asylum, Medtield, Mass. (eleven buildings). 

One of the oldest firms in the city dealing in wall papers is that of William^ Matthews. Jr., 
located at 147 A Milk street. The business has been carried on in its present location and 
under the same name for nearly forty years, and its goods are sent all over the United States 
and Canada. The tirin recently sent a cargo of wall paper to Africa. The firm does a whole- 
sale and retail business which is constantly increasing. The stock is very large and includes 
all varieties of wall papers in all styles, grades and colorings. 

EoiiEUT F. Bkowx, one of the well-known Back Bay plumbers, does an excellent business, 
paying especial attention to house drainage and ventilation, and in this line he has had a long and 
practical experience, which enables him to do .all work in this line in the most approved and 
scientific manner. His office and shop are at 18 Cambria street, opposite police station IG. 



A HALF fEXTl'RY OF KOSTOn's BUILDTXf*. 48.'5 

He dill tlie plumbing in the pi'ivate resilience for Parker Holmes, Wintlirop lui.'td, Bmokline; 
l)rivate residences of the Kosenbanm Bros., I'Vnway, Back Bay; Merrill estate at Maiichester- 
by-the-Sea ; two cottages for Mr. Selioffield at Maiichester-by-tlie-Bea; cottage for C. S. Franks 
at Mancliester-by-tlie-Sea ; two apartment blocks of sixteen suites each, on I'^ront street, 
(\imbridge; Hotel Colonial, Commonwealth avenue. ]^ack Bay, and several others. 

Thk firm of McKay 15rothers, carpenters and builders, located on Geneva avenue (Grove 
Hall), Koxbury, is one of the well-known concerns doing a large business in their line. They 
are prepared to do all kinds of carpentry work, such as store fitting, house finishing, and repair 
work, and have the best of facilities for doing such work neatly and promptly-. They have a 
splendid rejiutation among the trade and are thoroughly honorable and reliable in all their 
business dealings. 

The biisiness now (tarried on under the name of Enoch Robinson, at .'59 to 41 CornhiU. was 
established in 1839, and is jirobably the oldest concern in the business, whicli is that of the 
manufacture and sale of locks and cabinet havdware, polished brass furniture trimmings, etc. 
The products of this concern are in denuxnd all over the country, the business having been so 
long established and the reputation which it enjoys among the trade giving it a name, which is 
known all over the world, wherever the goods it handles are used. Among some of the 
buildings supplied with locks, etc., are the Parker House, City Hall, State House, Young's 
Hotel, Adams House, and a great nnany others. 

C. E. Clark, jiroprietor of tlie South End Mechanical Wood Works, To West Dedham 
street, also does a general business as a carpenter and builder, having the best of facilities for 
getting out all kinds of wood work in connection with his trade. He has done a great deal of 
building and is a very skillful workman. Kenmdeling is made a specialty, while particular 
attention is paid to fitting up banks, banking liouses, offices, stores, etc. Counters, drawers, 
and drawer cases are made, also double windows, weather strips and wire screens. 

W. H. 3I0KSE, 28 Avery street, manufacturer of refrigerators and st(n-e fittings of all kinds, 
is a contractor for doing work iji these lines, for hotels, restaixrants or private dwellings. 
He has been established in the business since 1879, and his business has been constantly 
increasing. He was the maker of the first roll top liutter refrigerator, which has since 
become very generally used and is a great improveinent over the ordinary one. His trade is 
very extensive and includes the territory from Bar Harbor, Me., to Savannah, Ga., and St. 
Louis, JIo. Among some of the large hotels, nwrkets, etc., which he has ecpiijiped, are the 
Adams House, Boston Tavern, American House, Crawford House, Clark's Hotel, the Thorn- 
dike, Victoria, Kensington, Castle Square Hotel, Union Market, Faueuil Hall Market, and 
many others over the territory mentioned. 

C. H. Hampton, 4 Westford street, Allston, does a general business as a carpenter and 
builder, having a very large trade in Allston and vicinity, where he is well known as one of the 
most skillful workmen. He is a thoroughh' reliable business man and has the confidence of 
every one in the community. He attends to all orders promptly and guarantees satisfactiiui in 
all cases. He is always pleased to furnish estimates on any kind of work in his line. 



484 A HALF CEXTURV OF BOSTOX's Rl'ILDIN'U . 

The TiKXEEs Falls Hiiuk Compaxy, whose \'ards are located at Montague City, Mass. 
was established in 1889, and does a very large business in the manufacture and sale of 
building brick of all kinds. This company has furnished the brick for a large number of 
buildings in this city and vicinity. Among some of the more prominent of these are the 
Ginn building at Cambridge, the Convent at Marlborough, the pumping station at Marlborough, 
and a great many others on the line of the Fitchburg railroad. The company makes a specialty 
of brick, for use in the construction of sewers and water works. Their trade is principally in 
the New England states, and they do a very large and constantly increasing business. The 
yards are very favorably located with an alnindance of raw material near at hand, and the 
shii)ping facilities are also of the best. 

JoHX C. P.\i(iE, 20 Kilby street, is one of the oldest and best known insurance men in the 
city. He represents several of the largest and strongest companies in the world and does an 
immense business. Mr. Paige is prominent in business and social circles and is a very popu- 
lar man. On another page will be found an illustration of tlie building in which this busi- 
ness is located, and where Mr. Paige has the best and most elegant othces of any insurance 
agency in the city. 

Smith & Towei;, 111! Xorthampton street, Boston, do a general rooting business, slate, tin, 
popper and composition. They also do all kinds of repairing and jobbing. They have bnilt 
up a very good business and are well known to the building trade generally. The firm con- 
sists of George H. Smith and W. A. Tower. All orders are promptl}- attended to in a skillful 
and satisfactory manner. 

M. Hakoli), having a slioj) 26 Church street, Poston, is a practical plumber and gas fitter, 
having had many years of experience in the business. He nuikes a specialty of sanitary 
drainage and ventilation, using the latest and most approved methods of construction. He 
does first-class work in a prompt and satisfactory manner. 

T. L. B.\RL(iw, Ashmont, is a well-known architect and builder, who has been established 
twentj'-five years. He has designed and constructed a great many of the handsome suburban 
buildings in and around Boston. He makes a specialty of suburban residences, making the 
plans and contracting for the work of construction. Mr. Barlow has designed and erected the 
greater part of the residences on Ijyndhurst street, Sydney and Tuttle streets, all in Dorches- 
ter ; many of them are fine residences and reflect great credit on the builder. 

George H. Lixcolx & Co. are among the well-known iron founders who do a very large 
business, especially in the manufacture of building materials. Iron is growing to be verj^ 
extensively used in the erection of modern buildings, especially the large office and store 
buildings, and this branch of the iron founding business is an important one. This comjjany 
do all kinds of foundry work, and manufacture treads, risers, and building iron works of all 
kinds, having a very large and well equipped fonndry on Alger street, South Boston. They 
are always pleased to make estimates on new work, and have the facilities for doing it in a 
first-class manner. 

D. N. Palmek, 48.S Tremont street, near Dover, does all kinds of plumbing, gas fitting, 
and sanitary engineering work, making a specialty of drainage and ventilation. He has the 
facilities and the practical exjii'rience for doing the work in a satisfactory and skillful manner, 
and is doing a very good business, having a trade all over the city and suburbs. 



A HALF CEKTl'RV OF BOSTON's BUILDING. 485 

The growth of the suburbs of Boston has been very rapid within the past few years, and 
this growth is largely due to the extension and development of the West End Street Kaihvay, 
which has made these surburban districts easily accessible, and for this reason more desirable 
as locations for the many beautiful residences, which have so rapidlj^ grown up all around. 
It is, therefore, of interest in connection with the building up of the city, that we note some- 
thing of the history and growth of the street railway system. 

The history of the West End Kaihvay Company is one of surprising growth and develop- 
ments. The original West End Street Kaihvay Company was organized in 1887, with a 
capital of $80,000. In less than a year the company had perfected a consolidation of all the 
street railway systems in the city and a complete reorganization was begun. This was just at 
the time when the development of electricity as a motive power began to attract the attention 
of the public, and the West End Company, looking to the improvement of its transportation 
facilities, began an investigation of the new means of ):>ropulsion, with the result that it very 
soon began to equip its entire system for electricity. Thus this company became the pioneer 
in the electric street railroading field, and it stands to-day, without a rival as the largest and 
most complete system of electric street railways in the world. 

The tracks of this company measure something over 275 miles in length, covering not 
only the city proper but reaching out into the suburban districts. To give an idea of the 
amount of business done by this great system, it may be stated that over 137,000,000 jiassen- 
gers are carried yearly, and at a single point on Tremont street, where many of the lines 
centre, 4,735 cars pass daily. 

Tlie development of the West End system has been very rapid since the introduction of 
electricity as the motive power, and although the equipment cost millions of dollars, it has 
proven a good investment and no where in the world is there a better or more efficient system. 
A very important part of the equipment are the power houses, and the great central power 
station, in many respects surpassing anything of the kind in the world, is worthy of a 
detailed description. It is located on Albany street, extending through to Harrison avenue, 
and covers a very large ground area. The old buildings of the Hinckley Locomotive Works, 
being utilized for offices, a shop for repairs, etc., and adjoining this are the buildings contain- 
ing the engines, boilers, dynamos, and other equipments. The great boiler bouse is of brick 
and masonry of the most solid construction, with walls two feet thick. It is two hundred by 
eighty-five feet, with the roof of a single span iron truss and contains about one hundred and 
seventy-five tons of iron. It is calculated to stand a very large strain either from a load of 
snow or a wind pressure. Within this great structure are set the batteries of boilers capable 
of generating twenty thousand horse jiower. These boilers are of the latest and most improved 
styles, and are a wonderful combination. But to the general jmblic, the most interesting 
part of the equipment of this great plant, which is capable of generating power, greater than 
many of the largest water jiowers in the country, are the engines and electric generators. 
These are truly wonderful pieces of mechanism. The main engines are of the Reynolds-Corliss 
type, built by the Edward P. Allis Company, of Milwaukee, Wis. The details of their construct- 
ion are not of special interest to the general reader, but a few of their proportions, will give some 
idea of their enormous size and j)ower. The fly-wheels are twenty-eight feet in diameter, and 
ten feet and seven inches across, upon which run the two great belts, and weigh eighty tons. 



486 A UAhV CKXTURY OF BOSTON'S BVILIUNG. 

These wheels carry two of the largest belts ever seen in this part of the country, each one 
being fifty-four inches wide and one hundred and fifty feet long. The foundations for these 
immense engines are very solid and built with the greatest care. In addition to the large 
engines above, there are ten smaller engines of four hundred horse jiower each. 

In the dynamo room are the generators which are of the general electric multipolar type. 
Tliere are eighteen six hundred horse power each, forty one hundred horse power each, fur- 
nishing a generating capacity of over fourteen thousand horse power. An additional four 
thousand horse power is to be added shortly. These facts will give a general idea of the plant 
which is undoubtedly one of the largest electric generating stations in the country. 

This, however, is only one of the nnmerorrs stations which are required to supply the 
electric current for the operation of the three thousand or more cars of the system. The first 
power station which was equipped for this purpose is the one located at AUston. This one, while 
not so large or important as those since equipped, was the one from which the current was 
supplied for some time, while tlie trial of electricity as a motive power was being made. This 
])lant is quite small when compiared with the one mentidued al)ove. its capacity being only 
about twelve hundred horse power. 

There is also a station at East Cambridge, whieli supplies the lines riuming into Cani- 
liridge, Cliarlestown and Somerville. In its general construction and equipment, this station 
is similar to the great central station, although it is at present only partially developed, only 
being supplied with machinery to furnish about forty-tive hundred horse power. It is planned, 
however, for enlargement when required. 

At East Boston is located another power house, from which the power is furnished for the 
running of cars in tlie East Boston division, and is entirely independent of any other i)art of 
the .system. The engines at this station are three in number, of the tandem compound type, 
and furnishing three hundred horse power each. The generators are of the General Electric 
M. P. type, direct connected, and of two linndred K.W. each. 

There is also being constructed and equipped another power station in Cliarlestown. with a 
ca])acity of about three tliousand horse power, which can be increased from six hundred to eight 
thousand liorse power. 

The company has tliirty-six electric car houses, located in different parts of the territory 
covered by its lines, and tliese are all of modern construction, thoroughly ecjuipped with all 
the conveniences for handling the cars. In connection with the car house is a repair shop, 
thoroughly equipped for keeping the cars always in proper repair. The present officers of the 
company are: Samuel Little. President; Prentiss Cummings, Vice President; C. S. Sergeant, 
general manager; J. H. Goudsjieed, treasurer; H. L. Wilson, auditor. 

J.AMES Tucker & Sons, 14 Brattle square, do a general plumbing business, and are one of 
the best-known firms in the city having a very large trade and doing the very best of work. 
They carry a large stock of phunbing materials at their store in Brattle square, and contract 
for doing all kinds of plumbing and sanitary work. Specimens of tliis firm's work can be 
found in the following buildings and residences. 

The following is a list of buildings and residences in which tlicy Iiave performed the 
plumbing, viz. : John Hancock building, Hemenway building, new boiler house. City Hospital, 
Parental School for Boys, Working Girl's Home, dormitories at Austin & Pierce Farms, 



A IIALK CEXTIKY OK UOSTON's BUIIiDINCi. 487 

Bi'ookline High Scliool building, Young's Hotel, Quincy House, Wm. T. Hart, Commonwealth 
avenue; Dr. F. I. Knight, Beacon street; Geo. R. Harris, Brcokline ; Austin Corbin, Newport, 
N. H. ; A. G. Briggs, Beacon street; Jas. M. Little, Commonwealth avenue. 

The New England Adamant Company are manufacturers of Adamant A\'all Plaster. 
This material is used for jilastering purjjoses, and is far superior to lime and hair mortar, be- 
ing practically indestructible and fire-proof. It is supplied ready for use by the company. It 
has been used extensively throughout the New England States, in all classes of buildings, and 
has given the greatest satisfaction. Adamant was used exclusively in the Ames Building at 
the corner of Court and Washington streets, in Keith's New Theatre, the Tremont Theatre, 
and the lirown-Durrell building, in Boston; in the Anson Phelps Stokes residence (the largest 
in New England) at Lenox, the High School at Worcestei-, Gushing Academy at Ashburnham, 
and thousands of other buildings. 

The works of the company are located on First street, South Boston, and their office is at 
lfi6 Devonshire street. 

0. E. FuRisEK, 68 Humboldt avenue, Roxbury. is a well-known builder and architect, 
who has planned and constructed a great many buildings in Roxbury and vicinity, having been 
in the business a number of years, and becoming well known everywhere. He does iptite a 
business in building brick apartments, and has a large number for sale most of the time. 
He reeenth' built nine butt'l)rirk apartment liouses on Huntington and Parker Hill avenues. 

A. Hathaway's Sons, as successors to the business established by Mr. A. Hathaway in 
1841, do a general business as carpenters and builders. This is one of the oldest concerns in 
the business and is well-known everywhere. This firm have built a great many houses and 
business blocks in and around this citj-. The office is located at 77 River street. 

W. L. Clark & Co. are among the well-known masons and builders who are members of 
the Master Builders' Association, having a box at the association rooms, 16() Devonshire street. 
Their office is at 17 ililk street. They have done a great deal of work in this city and vicin- 
ity and are well-known to the trade generally. They have a very high reputation for skill 
and workmanship, and their liusiness is constantly increasing. 

Ckuickshank & Teed are well-known among the carpenters and builders in tlie Dorchester 
district, and have built up a large business and done a great deal of building in different parts 
of the city and suburbs. They have a number of customers among the large property owners, 
for whom they do all the work in their line, always giving the very best of satisfaction. Their 
place of business is at I Carlos street, Dorchester. 

James J. Galvin is well known as a mason and builder, who has had many years of practi- 
cal experience in the business, and is very highly esteemed by every one with whom lie has ever 
done business. He has done a great deal of building in different sections of the city and his 
business is constantly increasing. He has facilities for doing everything in the line of masonrj- 
work neatly and promptl3^ His office is at IG Saint Germain street. During the year 1894, 
from July till June of 1895,. he erected forty -three jjrivate houses on the Boulevard in Brook- 
line, which were built of brick and freestone. These houses represented in volume some three 
quarters of a million of dollars. 



4SS A HALF CKNTUKY OF BOSTON'S BUILDING. 

^1('\'ai!isu i& Hkxnigan, 88 Maine street, Charlestown, are the successors to the gas tit- 
ting anil jihnubing business formerl_y conducted In' William H. Poole & Co. In addition to 
doing all kinds of plumbing and sanitary work, the tirni are also dealers in gas stoves, gas fix- 
tures, and lamji goods, carrying a large stock of the very best manufacture in these lines. 

G. Mekz, 30G Centre street, Jamaica Plain, does a general business as a carpenter and 
bnilder, doing all kinds of carpenter work either in the line of new buildings or jobbing and 
repairs. He has a great deal of experience and is a thoroughly competent and reliable work- 
man. Mr. Merz is very highly sj)oken of by every one for whom he has worked, and is well- 
known to the trade generally. 

Buknham & Davis, masons and builders, make a specialty of brick and stone buildings, 
of which they have erected a great many in and around Boston. Among the buildings which 
they have constructed the new gramurar school building (see illustration on page 291), at Xew- 
ton Highlands, is a splendid example of the class of work they do. It is a very handsome 
structure, and is very thoroughly built. Also the women's dormitory at Tufts College and 
the Refectory building at Franklin Park (partially completed). The firm are members of the 
Builders' and Contractors' Association, and have an order box at the rooms of this association, 
17 Otis street. Orders left here receive promjit attention. Mr. Burnham resides at 25 Park 
street. Newton (telephone call 86-4, Newton), and Mr. Davis at 7 Arthur street, Somerville. 

Albekt E. Touchet, rear 70 Beacon street, does a general plumbing business, having been 
in the trade for several years, is a thoroughly practical and competent workman. He 
]«ys especial attention to drainage and ventilation, giving his personal attention to all orders. 
He is always jdeased to make estimates for new work. 

Chakles Coopeu, r> Main street, Charlestown, does a general plumbing and gas fitting 
business, and is one of the best known men in the trade in Charlestown. He also does all 
kinds of furnace and range repairing, and deals in grates, lirnngs. etc. He is a thoroughly 
(■onii)etent and reliable workman in every respect. 

BitiiiiiAMS Hotel, G42 Washington street, is one of the most popular hotels in the city for 
traveliug and commercial men, and is very liberally patronized. It is centrally located and is 
fitted up with all the modern arrangements for the convenience and accommodation of its 
guests. The n oms are all large and well fnrnished, and the proprietors, Messrs. Bush and 
Willey, are well-known hotel men who have made the house very popular. It is run on the 
European i)lan and its cuisine is unsur]jassed. Everything is done to make the house attract- 
ive and its patrons are among the best class of peojjle. It is a favorite meeting place for 
business and professional men, its nearness to the large business houses, theatres, etc., making 
it especiall}' desirable to the traveling public. 

Amcini: the well-known firms engaged in the ]ilumbing business is that of J. S. Delany & 
8ons, whose place of business is at 6 1-2 Staniford street. This firm have been in business 
for a great many years and have always done the very best class of work. In the line of 
plumbing and gas fitting, they have no superiors and their business is constantly increasing. 
They also do a general jobbing business, receiving work from the city and vicinity, which they 
do promptly and satisfactorily. 



A JIALK CEXTUKY OK HOST<IN"s BUlLDIXli. 489 

Thk Powers system of automat-.ic temiierature regulation lias become well and favorably 
known, through its very suooessful application to a very large number of public and private 
buildings, throughout this city and vicinity. The business was established in 1888, and has 
grown very rapidly, until now the Company is represented in nearly all the large cities thro\igh- 
out the country, besides having a large export trade. The Boston office of the company is at 
45 Oliver street. The company arc prepared to submit plans and estimates on automatic regu- 
lation for direct, direct-indirect, blower system, and furnace heating, in schools, clinrches, 
offices, residences, etc. 

William Gately, 820 Parker street, Boston lliglihinds, does a general business as a house 
and sign ])ainter, grainer and glazier. He has been in the business a number of years and 
thoroughly understands the work. He has built up a very large business and is highly 
recommended as a first-class workman. He has done a great deal of work in and around 
Boston and is well-known to the trade generalh\ 

Benjamin F. La:mi'. and Geoege A. Heywood, under the firm name of B. F. Lamb & Co., 
are dealers in all kinds of lumber for building jmrposes. The business was established in 
1882, and the office is located at 130 State street. This company is prepared to furnish 
lumber for building jmrposes and any quantity at short notice. They do a very large 
business all over !New England. 

WiLLrA:\r E. Sckiknek, whose place of business is on Lexington street, AuburiRlale, is one 
of the masons and Imilders who has done a great deal of building in this city, taking many 
large contracts, which he has always executed with promptness and satisfaction to those by 
whom he has been employed. He has had a great deal of ])ractical experience and is a 
thoroughly reliable and competent workman. He has done work for the United States 
Government at the Watertown Arsenal, also Saint Patrick's Ciuirch, Natick ; City Stables at 
Newton; pumping station for the town of Wellesley, and many other large jobs. 

The Jewktt Lumber Comp.\ny', with an office, v/harf and factory on Glendon street. East 
Boston, are manufactui-ers of and dealers in lumber of all kinds for building purposes, builders' 
wood work, hard wood and pine doors, windows, frames, gutters, mouldings, etc. They have 
always in stock a large amount of lumber and can fill orders very promptly for large or small 
amounts. 

The Saint Nicholas Hotel, on Province street, opposite the City Hall, is one of the well- 
known hotels in the down-town district. It is run on the European plan, with about fifty 
rooms, having a number of private dining-rooms for parties. It is well furnished, and provided 
with all the modern arrangements for the accommodation and convenience of its guests. Mr. 
John F. Kilduff is the proprietor. The cafe management is most excellent. 

Among the practical plumbers of the city, who enjoy a very large patronage and a splendi<l 
reputation for square dealings and skillful workmanship, noue is better known than M. 0. 
Kearney, 4 Blossom street. He does a general business as a practical plumber, gas fitter and 
sanitary eugineer, and is thoroughly acquainted with every department of the trade. He has 
done a great deal of work in and about the city, and always to the entire satisfaction of his 
patrons. 



490 A IIALK CKXTIKV OF IJOSTOx's KlILDIXG. 

AiiTiu'i; D. JcixEs, 70 Kingston street,. Avho succeeded to the business of Cyras "W. Cole, as 
a mason, contractor, and builder, lias done a most successful business, wliicli is steadily 
increasing. jNfr. Jones is well known to the trade as a skillful workman, and is very highly 
esteemed. He has done a number of very creditable jobs, which have served to add to his 
reputation, which is lirst-elass. He makes a specialty- of boiler and engine work, having special 
facilities and experience in the setting of steam boilers, and constructing the foundations for 
engines. He does a general jobbing business and all orders are attended to with great 
promptness. His Avork is always satisfactory, as he is a careful and painstaking workman. 

There are very few stair builders in the city that have had more practical experience or 
been longer in the business than Edward L_yncli, whose place of business is at I'JG Freeport 
street. He established the business, in which he has since been actively engaged, in 1867, his 
first location being ou Eustis street, in Eoxbuiy. from which place he removed to Dorchester, 
in 1882, where lie has since been located. His specialties are stair, dado and piazza work, 
columns, etc., and he does a very large business, having the best facilities for getting out the 
work, his long experience giving him many advantages among the trade. He has 
built the stairs for a great many of the modern buildings in the city, and has a trade which 
extends all over the United States. He manufactures all kinds of goods in his line, making a 
specialty of the higher grades of goods, especially, for the best houses and more elaborate 
buildings of all kinds. His business has grown very rapidly within the. past few years, 
making frequent additions to his plant ami eipiipment necessary. He has always kept up 
with the times, in the design and finish of the goods manufactured, and in this way, has won 
the patronage of the best class of customers. He built the stairs in Caverly Hall at 
Cambridge; John Stetson's house on Commonwealtli avenue; two buildings of the McLean 
hospital at "Waverly ; the new City Hospital in Boston ; besides man}* others. 

JosEi'H B. RosExr.EKoEK, the well-known house and decorative painter, at oi Lagrange 
street, has been established since 1S8G. when he began the business, and is now classed as one 
of the principal painters in the city. 'Sir. Kosenberger is a practical painter and has had 
manj' years of experience in the trade, Ijesides being an expert decorator, having done a great 
deal of this work in public buildings, halls, churches and private dwellings in Boston and 
vicinitv. The painter's trade is cpiite different now from what it was a few years ago, the work 
required being of a higher grade, and a great deal of it requiring a high degree of artistic taste 
as well as exi^erience. There are few who have a higher reputation or a better class of trade 
than .Mr. Rosenberger. ilany of the buildings which he has painted and decorated are among the 
very best of the modern structures, and the work done shows that he is a master of the art. 
He is pleased to give estimates and any other information, when applied to. 

Joseph W. Hill established the business of building and jobbing in 1S()9. and since that 
time has been extensively engaged in building, paying particular attention to the erection of 
private residences, in and around Boston. During this time he has built a very large number 
of handsome residences, all of the better class, and of the very best materials and workman- 
ship. His experience as a builder places him in the front rank among the trade, and he has 
the facilities for doing the work promptly and in a satisfactory manner. There are not many 
builders that have had a longer experience, or have done a more successful business than Mr. 



A ItAhF CKNTUKV Or HOSTOn's TiUILDIXG. 401 

Hill. He lias a i-Pi)vitatioii among the tiade as one of the most eoiiscientious and thoroughly 
honest l)usinpss nn'ii. ^lany of the liandsome buildings in Charlestown and 8omerville are 
the work of Mr. I fill, and they speak very highl}- for his aljility and skill as a <;ar]»enter and 
i)uilder. In addition to building, he does a general jobbing business. He is located at 36 
South Eden street, Charlestown. 

( )XE of the si)eeial features in couneetion with tlie construction of stables and factories is 
the necessity for water-tight flooring, which is imposed liy modern building practice. This is 
a. distinctive department of the trade, and requires special facilities and experience. (_)ne of 
the most reliable and oldest established firms in this line, is that of William L. Dolbeare, located 
at 522 Atlantic avenue, their office occupying almost the exact spat where the famous "tea 
party " was held. !Mr. Dolbeare makes a specialty of stable and factory floors, made of water- 
tight material, of wood, and there is now in actual use more than 3,500,000 square feet of this 
flooring which he has put in. This flooring has proven liighly satisfactory wherever it has been 
used, and the business is steadily increasing. The trade is not confined to this city, however, 
as he has put in a great many floors all over New England. These floors are carefully laid 
and are warranted tight. They have been fo\ind ]ireferable to concrete, or any of the other 
materials used for this purpose. Mr. Dolbeare is always pleased to furnish any desired infor- 
mation, and to make estimates for work anywhere in New England, and may be addressed as 
above. The flooring lias been in use in the following stables ; Charles S. fh-own Company, 
Massachusetts avenue, second and third floors; Kenney and Clark's, jMassaehusetts avenue, 
second and third floors; University stable. Brattle street, Cambridge; Howard Brothers' 
stable, Clinton, Massachusetts; Broadway Extension stable. Curve street, Boston ; Bigelow Car- 
pet ]Mill, Clinton, Massachusetts ; Armstrong Baggage Transfer stable, second and third floors, 
Albany street ; J. D. Fallon's stable, iindertaker, Jamaica Plain; Doherty and Grove's stable, 
second and third floors. North Margin street; Lake and .Monehan's stalde, Quincy s(piare, 
Cambridge ; Joseph Whiter's stable, Hamilton court, Charlestown ; Boston Riding Club, second, 
third and fourth floors, Parker street, Back Bay; Lewis Inlanders' teaming stable. Granite 
street, South Boston; Cliase's Express stable, Brookline; American Express Company's stable, 
at Albany, New York : City of Newton stable, Watertown street. Newton ville; City of Newton 
stable, Auburndale ; J. H. Fitzsimons' stable, Holyoke ; Lemual Sears and Company stable, 
Holyoke ; Smith Brewery stable. East Boston ; B. F. Iveith's stable. P>rookline ; I. H. Allard's 
stable, 707 Dudley street, Dorchester; I!. K. Cleveland's stible, Northampton. 

The Maveiuck House, in East Boston, has been one of the favorite hotels of the city for 
more than forty years; built to accommodate the ocean traveler more especially. It is a large 
brick structure, six stories in height, and contains two hundred rooms. Located on high 
ground, near the water, where it gets the beneflt of the ocean breeze, in summer it is one 
of the coolest houses in the city. The upper stor\' commands a view of ten miles of the coun- 
trj- and ocean. The rooms are all exceptionally large and this is an ideal summer hotel. It is 
thoroughly furnished and equipped in the best of style, every convenience being furnished for 
the comfort and pleasure oi its patrons. The dining-room is large and very pleasant, and the 
cuisine is unsurpassed. The proprietor is a hotel man of long ex])erience. and spares no piains 
to keep the house up to its standard reputation of excellence. 



492 A HALF CENTL'RY OF BOSTON'S BUILDIXO. 

Jamks 0' Nkill. 991 Tiemont street, Boston, does all kinds ol idunibing and gas fitting, 
making a specialty of drainage and ventilation. He also deals in all kinds of gas fixtures, and 
is always pleased to make estimates for new work. He also does all kinds- of jobbing and re- 
pair work in a first-class and satisfactory manner. 

M. D. Citosj'.v. 101 I'ynchon street, is a jjlumber and sanitary engineer, doing all kinds of 

plumbing, gas fitting, etc., also all kinds of jobbing. He lias done a great deal of work all 

through Jamaica Plain, and is well known as a skillfnl and reliable workman. He has been 
establislied in business since 1(SS9 and has built up a very good trade. 

TuK Falcoxer MANiiFA<TriMNo CoMi'ANY, witli an office at 17 Wendell street, and a 
well-equipped factory at 1 Hartford street, Boston, are manufacturers of incandescent lamps 
and lamp sockets of all kinds, for general use. They do a very large business and have a trade 
all over tlic country. Their goods are nu\de of the very best matiu-ial and workmanshi]). 

J. I'. Campbell, 26 Bojdston street, Jamaica Plain, architect and builder, does all kinds of 
carjienter and building work, also general jobbing and rejiair work. He has been in business 
six years, and is a thoroughly practical workman. He is always pleased to make plans and 
estimates for new buildings, or for alterations and repairs. 

M. J. Keane, 514 Tremont street, is a practical jjluniber of several years experience, on the 
best class of work in his line. He makes a specialty of ventilation and drainage work, and has 
special facilities for doing this class of work, in the most approved and highly scientific 
manner. He has completed a great many large contracts for plumbing, ventilation and drainage, 
and has always given the very best of satisfaction. He did the plumbing in twelve dwellings 
for Chadwick & Stillings, on Bay State road, which cost hfty thousand [dollars each ; niiie 
dwellings on Massachusetts avenue; eight dwellings on ^Marlboro street; eight dwellings on 
Huntington avenue and Saint liotolph street, and four dwellings on Newbury street — all for 
the same hrin. He did tlic jilumbing in the remodeling of the Hotel Huntington and Hotel 
Thorndike ; and did additional plumbing in the Copley Square Hotel. He also did the [ilumli- 
ing of eight dwellings for J. A. Bagly, Highland Station; and many others. 

Geoki:e F. liouRXE. 148 Mt. Yei-non street, does a general business as a carjjcnter and 
builder, having been in the Imsiness a great numy years and being well known to the trade 
generally. He is prejiared to do all kinds of l)uilding and general jobbing, attending to all 
orders promjitly and in a satisfactory manner. 

The Moxsox, jMaixe, SLArK Com paxv, with a Boston office at Ho Devonshire street, arequar- 
riers and numufacturers of Jlonson, ilaine, and MerrillBrownville, Jlaine, unfading black roofing 
slates, and everything in the way of materials and utensils nuxde of slate. The company have 
the best slate ijuarries in the coinitry. and together witli their lai'ge i)lant for manufacturing the 
slate are doing a very extensive business. This comjiany has furnished a great deal of mate- 
rial to be iised in tlie large office and pul)lic buildings in Boston, and the result has been very 
satisfactory. Among some of their products are: Natural slate wash tubs, sinks, urinals, tiles, 
hearths, chimney tops, slabs, counter tops, garden borders and walks, headstones, grave linings 
and covers, grave vaults, vestibule floors, greenhouse shelves, base boards, wainscoting, refrig- 
erator shelves, register frames, billiard table beds, school black-boards, electric switch boards, 
disks, spindles, etc. 



A HALF CENTURY OF BOSTOn's BUILDING. 493 

B. F. (iODFK?:v and H. Thomas, doing business under tlu' tinn name of Godfrey & Tliomas, 
located at 761) Center street, Jamaica Plain, do a general plumbing and gas fitting business, 
being practical workmen and giving all orders their personal attention. They have been in 
the business for several years and have a very large and growing trade. 

Samukl Ct. Baldkey, Olney street, Dorchester, is a practical roofer, having had many 
years of experience, and being very well-known to the trade. He is also agent for the Xew 
England Felt Eoofing Works " Bee Hive Brand " felt and composition roofing, which he sells 
and puts on. He gives jn-ompt attention to orders by mail. 

Williams & Daly, ISO Dudley street, Koxbury, are practical roofers, and give close 
personal attention to the supervision of all work. The concern is prepared to figure very 
closely on contracts for tin, gravel and slate roofing, and to execute even the largest orders at 
comparatively short notice, but they by no means confine themselves to contracting; on the 
contrarv, they luake a specialty of repairing, and even the small jobs in that line are assured 
prompt and careful attention. A specimen of their work may be found at the Charlesgate 
Hotel, Hacred Heart Church, lioslindale; Boston Lead Manufacturing Co., and ]:)ennisoii :Ma.nu- 
facturing Co. Messrs. Williams and Daly have unsurpassed facilities, and no house is better 
prepared to quote lower prices on roofing that combines protection, neatness and durability. 
The individual members of the firm are George P. Daly and D. H. Mitchell. Their telephone 
is 271 Koxbuiy. 

Charlks Logue, 353 Commereial street, does a general jobbing business as a 
carpenter and builder, making a specialty of oftice and- store fitting. He also 
does all kinds of jobbing, and attends to all orders promjjtly. Among the 
buildings erected and remodeled by him are : :McGreenery Brothers' building, 
214 Hanover street; Nos. 10, 11, 12 and 28 Hull street ; ^No. 400 Hanover street; 
]0 and 12 Prince street ; 8 and 9 Garden court street; 13o Salem street; 155 
and 157 Havre street. East Boston ; 7 Allston street, Charlestown ; S9 Walnut 
avenue, lloxbury ; Carpenter work on the Columbian bank, East Boston; 374 
and 124 North street; 44 and 46 North Bennett street, two dwelling houses 
at Orient Heights, East Boston. Mr. Logue is a memljer of the Ihiihlers' and 
Contractors' Association and has a box at the rooms of the association at 17 
Otis street. charlks logue. 

Coleman & Murphy, 3 Shawmut street, and also on Atlantic street, Atlantic, 
do all kinds of plumbing, steam and gas fitting, hot water heating, and general jobbing. They 
have had years of practical experience and are thoroughly competent and reliable workmen. 
They are always pleased to make plans and estimates for new work. 

The Boston and Maine Railroad Cum cany own and control the largest railway system 
in this part of the country, and over its own and leased lines reaches every important point in 
northern and eastern New England. The Boston and Maine Company was formed in 1842 by 
the consolidation of the Boston and Portland, chartered in Massachusetts in 1833; the Bostou 
and Maine, chartered in New Hampshire in 1835; and the Main, New Hampshire and JLassa- 
chusetts, chartered in Maine in 1836. The history of the company has been one of continual 




494 A HALF (EXTURY OF P.OSTOx's KUILDIXG. 

l)rogress and success, and it lias added to its lioldiugs from time to time, until it Las absorbed 
all its former competitors, forming one general system, with direct connections to the south 
and west, making this the most comiilete, well equipped and ablj- managed railway system in 
Xew England. There is not an im])ortant point in Maine, New Hampshire and Vermont that 
is not reached direct by some one of the divisions of this great system, which at the present 
time includes the Boston and jMaine, Eastern, Worcester, Nashua and Rochester railroads, 
Boston and Lowell, Central jMassachusetts, Passumpsic Piiver, Connecticut Puver, and the Con- 
cord and Montreal railroads. Among some of the more important points reached by this sys- 
tem and its connections are: Portland, Augusta, Bangor, Bar Harbor, and all the summer 
■ resorts on the ]Maine coast, Calais, St. Stephens, St. Andrews, St. John, and other New Bruns- 
wick cities, over the Eastern and Western divisions ; Lowell, Nashua, Manchester, and the 
AVhite :\rountains. Concord, Montreal, Quebec, and other Canadian points, over the Western 
and Southern divisions; and Springfield, Amherst, Northampton, Holyoke, and points in wes- 
tern Jlassacluisetts, over the Southern division. 

The Boston and JMaine system gives the most direct connections with Montreal, Quebec, 
Saint Paul, Chicago, jMinneapolis, and the Pacific coast, and is the only line out of Boston 
giving daily direct train service to Saint I'aul and ilinneapolis, by a splendid vestibuled parlor 
and only through sleeping car train, leaving Boston every morning and running through without 
change of cars. Its coimections to Chicago and other western cities are complete, and its train 
service is unsurpassed. Tlie system is well equipped, all through trains being provided with 
sleeping and parlor cars, and all the rolling stock is of the latest and best pattern, kept in 
thorough rei)air, and every possible care taken to provide for tlie comfort and safety of the travel- 
ling public. The management is constantly issuing new and interesting reading matter, covering 
the iiart of the country through which its lines run, giving the jioints of interest to tourists, 
and a vast amount of general information, which can be had on application to any of the agents 
of the road, or will be sent direct from the main office upon request. 

A sketch of the Boston and ]Maine system would not he complete without m'entioning some 
fif the many elegant new stations, which it has built within the past few years at different 
points along its lines. First of thet-e to attract attention is of course the grand Union Station 
in P>oston. the largest railway station in tiie country and one of the largest in the world. 

Some idea of the immense proportions of this great structure may be had from the tact 
that it covers nearly nine acres of giound space, being five hundred and sixty-seven feet by six 
hundred and fifty-five feet. The architecture of this magnificent structure is original and 
(inique. jn-esenting many attractive features, prominent among which is the magnificent cen- 
tral tower and arcliway, the latter being the largest archway in this country, having a width 
of thirty-five feet and a heiglit of forty -five feet from pavement to apiex. Everything is on 
the same grand scale. 

There are ample waiting rooms, finished in marble and polished hard wood, well arranged 
and thoroughly equipped toilet rooms, restaurants, news stands, etc., etc. 

The great train shed with its twenty-three tracks is one of the marvels of the great 
enterprise. This measures five hundred and eighty -nine by five hundred and sixty-seven feet, 
covered witli a specially designed roof, which is supported by immense steel columns. 
During a single hour in the afternoon, there arrive and depart from this station sixty-six trains. 



ADVKKTISEMENTS. 495 

Standard Wire Lathing, 

THE ONLY WIRE LATHING WITH STIFFENING BAR WOVEN IN. 

Special Lathing carried in stock for use in Furring Outside Brick Walls, Cornices, 

Partitions, etc. 



THE ROEBLING PATENT 

Fire=Proof Floor Construction, 

STRONGEST, LIGHTEST, LOWEST IN COST. 

Approved by the Inspection of Buildings Department of all 
Large Cities, for the Highest Buildings. 

Correspondence solicited and contracts made for all work where Wire Lathinjj can be 
used, including Floors, Partitions, .Suspended Ceilings, Cornice ^^'ork, etc. 



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4<)(; A HALF I KNTUltY OF BOSTON's BUII-DIXG. 

TiiK well-kiiowu tinu of Darlow r.rotliers, 940 Massachusetts avenue, Cambridge, are 
engaged iu business as plumbers, steam fitters, and sanitary engineers. They have a very 
laro-e business and are well known in Boston aud vicinity, where they have done a great deal 
(if very fine work. They are always jdeased to answer inquiries and make estimates on any- 
thing in their line. A few of the many houses in which they have done the work are: the 
residence of Kev. J. L. Chamberlain, Magnolia, Manchester-by-the Sea ; Jackson's Villas, 
Chestnut Hill avenue, Brighton, owned by Nat. Jackson, Esq. 

Mathkw Moktox, 20 Millit street, Dorchester, does a general business as carpenter and 
builder, contracting for the erection of new buildings, or tlie repairing and finishing of old 
buildings. He has had many years of experience in and around the city, and is a thoroughly 
competent and reliable workman. He is always pleased to make estimates on work to be 
done, and is very prompt iu carrying out his contracts. 

A:\iox(i the buildings which i\Ir. It. B. Plummer, Jr., the builder and contractor at 89 
Church street, has erected, are: tlie Agas.siz Museum at Cambridge ; the Children's Hospital at 
Wellesley; Church of the Messiah ; the Gibson school building at Dorchester; Agassiz School 
Jamaica Plain; the business blocks at the corner of Harrison avenue and Exeter place, 
corner of Essex and Columbia streets, besides assisting in the building of many of the elegant 
private residences on Beacon street and Commonwealth avenue, also Oliver Ames' house. North 
Easton ; (Jharles E. Adams' residence, Lincoln ; A. S. Bigelow's house, Cohasset. He does a 
ijeneral business in contracting and building, and takes contracts anywhere in Boston or 
vicinity. 

Nklson IhiOTiiEKS, 36 Beach street, are manufacturers of artistic wrought iron work of all 
kinds. Fancy wrought iron work for building purjioses, chandeliers, brackets, lanterns, 
andirons, fences, etc. They also nmnufacture the Gem Bicycles, making machines to order, 
also doing repairs on bicycles. They have all the necessary facilities for doing first-class 
work iironqitly aiul in a most s;itisfactory manner. 

T. J. MoKiiAN, Neponset avenue. Mount Hope, does a general business as a plumber aud 
gas fitter. He is a thoroughly competent and reliable workman. Mr. ilorgan has had a very 
large experience, and has done a great deal of work in Boston and vicinity. He is well-known 
to tlie trade generally and is very highly siiokeu of as a skillful workman. 

J. C. Camkhox is well known to the building trade as one of the best and most compe- 
tent plasterers in the city, and has built up a very large and constantly increasing business. 
He is a thoroughly competent and rtdiable workman, who has had years of experience and 
has done a great deal of work in and around liostou. His jilace of business is on Calder 
street, Dorchester. 

A. A. Elstox & Co. are contractors for tlie tearing down ami removal of buildings, and 
are also dealers in all kinds of building materials. Their office is at IClJ Devonshire street, 
and their yards and store houses, at the corner of Sixth street and Broadway, Cambridge. 
This is quite an imjiortant business, and the firm have done a great amount of work in their 
line within the past two years. Some of the more notable buildings wliich they have razed are 
the old Tremont House, old ^Marlboro Hotel, old Adams_House, old Boylston nuirket, old 



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Stock Exchange, Arlington JMills at Lawrence; buildings on the site of the new Court 
House, new State House, Tublic Library, Ames building, Fisk building, Bell Telephone build- 
ing, and many others. They always have on hand a large amount of building materials 
secured in tearing down old structures which they sell at very reasonable prices. 'I'hey 
have the best of facilities for doing this kind of work and do it at the shortest notice. 

In 1880 J. W. Crii,PATi;irK established the business which he has since carried on at 125 
Merrimac street, making a specialty of store and office fittings, house repairing and building. 
His business has grown very rapidly and he has done a large amount of work in ]>oston 
and surrounding towns. In the line of building he luis erected several large tenement houses, 
in Somerville and Chelsea, all of which are of the better class of tenement houses, requiring 
the best of workmanship and materials. He makes a s})ecialty, however, of store and office 
fittings, and in this line, has probably the largest business of any one in the city. 

The firm of Jehome Redding & Co., electrical engineers and contractors, was estaVilished 
in 18G8, by .Jerome and Harvey Redding, who have remained together in tiie business ever 
since. This firm manufacture and deal in all kinds of electrical goods, making a specialty of 
electric watchman's clocks, electro mechanical gongs, annunciators, batteries, etc., also electric 
lighting apparatus. Their goods are in use all over the United States. They have installed 
electric lighting, licll, and other electrical apparatus in a very large number of the churches, 
schools, public buildings, and dwelling houses, in this city and vicinitj'. Among the buildings 
which they have equipped are : The Industrial Training ScIukjI at Xewton Highlands ; Gram- 
mar School at Medford; Faulkner School at JMalden; Maplewood School at Maiden; Central 
Club at Somerville ; Kernwood Club at Maiden ; Trinity Church in this city ; Channing Church 
at Newton; Burnham buildingon Tremont street; Houghton & Button's stores ; Lally & Collins 
building, corner Bedford and Washington streets; New King biulding, corner ililk and Broad 
streets; J\Iarston"s restaurant, Brattle street; Simmons building, Tremont street; E. D. Jor- 
dan's residence, Corey Hill ; Henry D. Cobb's residence, Newton ; Frank Bartlett's residence. 
Maiden. They have also installed a number of isolated electric lighting plants, among them 
being one for the Revere Brew^ery at East Boston, Union Brewery and American Brewery at 
Roxbury, Public Market at Manchestei', N. H., Jacol) Wirth's restaurant on Eliot street, in 
this city. Their celebrated fire alarm for awakening the guests in hotels in case of fire, has 
been introduced in almost every hotel and large lodging house in this city and is being intro- 
duced throughout the country. The company is well known everywhere and its business is 
rapidly increasing, keeping its large force of skilled workmen constantly busy. The main 
office and store is at -IS Hanover street. 

There have been six generations of the Redding family in this city, and they are well and 
favorably known as among the oldest and most reliable families, which have done business 
here for so many years. Since the recent developments in electrical science have brought 
this department of trade into such prominence, the Beddings have been in the front ranks in 
all the improvements, and are to-day among the foremost concerns in the business. 

(rEo. F. Doyle, 43 Dix street, Dorchester, does a general business as a carpenter and 
builder; and his work commends itself, as he is a first-class workman and very well known, 
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E. K. GiiF.ftOHV, 7") West Dedliam street, Boston, does all kinds of carpenter and building 
work, general jobbing and repairing. He has a well-equipped shop, where he is prepared to 
do all kinds of WTjod work, ami in the very best manner. He does store and office fitting, 
house finishing, etc., and attends to all orders promptly and personally. 

John 1>. ;^^(■GKEG0K, 108 Worcester street, Boston, does general carpenter and building 
work and jobbing of all kinds. He makes a specialty of building and repairing refrigerators, 
fitting up oltices and stores, making window and door screens, etc. He is a skillful workman 
and is very prompt in attending to orders. 

Felick.I. Poktuxato, 207 Blue Hill avenue. Mount I'leasant, does all kinds of carpenter 
work, including building, jobbing and repairing. He is a very skillful workman, and has 
built up a very large and constantly increasing business. He is always ready to make 
estimates ior new construction or repair work and attends to all orders promptly. 

W. H. Tf.ki., 9 Lime street, Boston, was formerly with the late W. A. Eawsonbut, and is 
now engaged in liusiness for himself, doing house and decorative j.aiuting, graining and glaz- 
in". Mr. Teel has had years of practical experience in the business and is a careful and skill- 
ful Avorknmn. He attends to all orders promptly and in a satisfactory manner. Specimens 
(if his work can be found on the Simmons estate, 40 Water street, and the Goddard estate, 19 
Milk street. 

I). J. FiTzoEKALD, 2692 Washington street, is a practical plumber and sanitary engineer, 
and although being a young man he comnumds a large business among the best class of cus- 
tomers. He has been in the business many years and is prejiared to do anything in the line of 
plumbing, repairing and general jobbing, in a prompt and satisfactory manner ; estimates are 
cheerfully furnished and all orders by mail promptly attended to. 

The W. F. Webstei: Cejiknt CoMrAxv. with a well-'.-quipped factory on Albany street, 
Uambridgeport, are the sole manufacturers of Webster's Original Elastic Cement for bedding 
slates, pointing stone, wood, iron, and repairing leaky roofs and chimneys. This cement has 
been extensively used in this city and vicinity, and the company has a very large trade all 
(iver tlie country. 

The KdHi.Ei; Fukxace axd Steam He.\tinc; Company was established in 1851, and are 
the original uranufacturers of the Kohler Double Radiating Surface Hot Air Furnace, and pat- 
ent combination steam, hot water, and hot air heating apparatus. The company do a very 
large business all over the country, and the works, which are thoroughly equipped with all the 
mo<lern appliances, are located on F^lmwood street, Eoxbury. The warerooms are at 93 Union 
street, and 1G4 Blackstone street. The company manufacture and contract for the installation 
of heating plants for houses. ]iublic buildings, business blocks, etc., and their apparatus is well 
known everywhere. 

John W. Cosdex & Co., 24(5 :Massa(diu setts avenue and 29:! Hanover street, are among the 
well-known plumbers and sanitary engineers who have built up a large business and done 
some very exi'idlent work in their line. They have done the plumlnng and sanitary work on 
some of the largest and finest buildings in the city, and thoroughly understand all the details 
(if the business. 



A HALF CKNTUKY OF HOSTOn's liUII.DIXU. 499 

Joseph W. Bakky, successor to Jam.-s P. Moran, at 1 Park street, Cluirlestown, does a 
general business as a practical plumber. He makes a specialty of fitting up bath rooms, wash 
trays, wash bowls, shower baths, water closets, and all kinds of sanitary work, and will furnish 
estimates on application. He also does all kinds of jobbing, in the plumbing line. His is 
one of the oldest stands in the Charlestown District (having been established in lS6o), from 
which the material and workmanship of some of the finest structures in and around Boston, 
as well as throughout Xew England, has gone forth. 

James M. Thayek, 94 Pearl street, is the inventor of the well-known Thayer Hot Water 
Heater, and is also the manufacturer of Thayer's Tip Top Hot Water Heater. The heater is 
the result of a careful and scientific study of the principles of lieating by this means, and is 
one of the most practical and economical heaters ever produced. Mr. Thayer has put his heater 
into a great many buildings in this city and surrounding country, where it is giving the ver;^ 
best of satisfaction, and is very highly recommended by all wlio have used it. Mr. Thayer 
has had long and practical experience in the business, and thoroughly understands tbe require- 
ments of a heating plant. He is prepared to meet the trade with the best of inducements. He 
is always pleased to give any information rerpiired, and will send catalogue and descriptive 
circulars to anyone requesting them. The following are a few of those using the Tip Top: 
Geo. M.. Wilder, Newton Highlands, Mass. ; H. L. Soule, Bird street, Dorchester, Mass. ; Dr. 
J. P. Sherman, Virginia street, Dorchester, Mass. ; P. P. Allen, two heaters. Harvard street, 
Dorchester, Mass. ; J. Philbriek, Waljon street, Dorchester, Mass. ; S. W. Wales, Geneva ave- 
nue, Dorchester, Mass.; J. A. Kimball, 38 Quincy street, Dorchester, Mass.; Adam Mason, 
Mt. Bowdoin avenue, Dorchester. Mass.; Geo. C. Scott, Savin Hill avenue, Dorchester, Mass.; 
J. C. Clark, Harvard street, Dorchester, Mass. ; C. A. Clark, Langdon street, Dorchester, Mass. ; 
W. T. Clark, North Cambridge, Dorchester, Mass. ; C. L. Flint, Coolidge Corner, Brookline, 
Mass. ; Otis Simouds, Belmont, Mass. ; C. E. Gifford, Eockland, Mass. ; H. W. Loveland, 57 
Lincoln street, Hyde Park, Mass. ; W. A. Darling, Maple street, Hyde Park, Mass. ; S. H. 
Reynolds, Central avenue, Hyde Park, Mass.; H. Pothecary, Hyde Park, Mass. ; J. S. Green- 
law, 166 E. River street, Hyde Park, Mass. ; J. W. Allen, ol Laurel street, Jlaplewood, Mass. ; 
L. F. Small, one heater, Monataquot Heights, Braintree, [Mass. ; E. B. Parker, two heaters, 
Melrose Highlands, Mass. ; H. W. Eoby, Melrose, Mass.; Smith B. Harrington, Wollaston, 
Mass.; A. AV. Wellington. Wellington, ISIass.; Mr. Wadswortli, station agent. North Abing- 
ton, Mass.; E. H. Bryant, road master N. Y., N. H. & H. R. R., Hanson, Mass.; U. S. 
Leather Co., 12 South street, Boston, Mass. : Grammar School, Easton, Mass.; L. S. Drake, 
Easton, Mass.; A. E. Hentz, two heaters. Beach Street, Eosliiidale, Mass.; G. B. Tibbetts, 
Roslindale, Mass.; Geo. L. Thorudike, 47 Maverick square, East Boston, Mass. ; S. Lawrence, 
Arlington, Mass.; Southern Mass. Telephone Co., Church street, Brockton, Mass.; M. C. 
Laffir, two heaters, Newton, Mass. ; Dr. 1'. J. Eaton, 131 N. H. avenue, Pittsburg, Pa. 

GiLMOKK & Kennev, 78 Conant street, Eoxbury, do a general business as masons and 
builders. They do all kinds of brick and stone work, drains, sewers, etc., and have built up a 
very large business which is constantly increasing. They are both practical and experienced 
workmen, thoroughly competent and reliable. They have facilities for doing work in a first- 
class manner, and attend to all orders promptly. The following is a partial list of the many 



500 A HALF CENTfKV OF BOSTOX's BUILDINP,. 

buildings tlipy have ei-eoted in tlie city of Boston: The Hermitage buikling on WiUow street, 
eight-story buikling, West End ; tive-story dwelling, corner of North and Hanover streets ; 
Hotel Glenwood, eight-story building on "Warren street; four-story apartment hotel, corner 
of Warren and Savin streets; apartments, for 8. Goldsmith, corner of Shawmut avenue and 
Euggles street; Hotel McKinley, Green street, Jamaica Plain; livery stable at Boylston sta- 
tion, for Mr. Patrick Meehan ; livery stable for Mr. Stokes, at West Roxbury station ; apart- 
ment hotel for Mr. Peter Graffam, Brookline; large building for laundry, at House of Good 
Shepherd; apartments corner of Garrison street and Huntington avenue; apartments corner 
of Falmouth street and Huntington avenue ; six apartment hotels, Dudley street. Mount Pleas- 
ant. Mr. Kenne}'', before starting in busines.s has superintended large mills in Lawrence, also 
the construction of the home for intemperate women, at Longwood. Mr. (rilmore has also 
superintended the construction of many large buildings out of town. There are hundreds of 
smaller buildings we might mention, if we chose, but this list comprises the principal ones. 

AMOX(i the contractors and builders at Roslindale, who have done considerable business in 
this city and vicinity, none are better or more favorably known than Thomas Condon, who does 
a general business as a contractor and builder, and also does all kinds of jobliing. He attends 
to all contracts promptly, and performs his work in a very skillful and workmanlike manner. 
He is always pleased to furni.sli estimates for any kind of building and contract work. He 
resides at Brandon street, ci)rner of Pentield street, lioslindale. 

G. A. <lr.s(iN'. l.'Gl ]>olton street. South Boston, does all kinils of mason work, luuing built 
up a very good business, and become well-known to the trade generally. He is a workman 
of long and practical experience, and is thoroughly competent and reliable He is always 
jileased to make estimates on any kind of mason work and attends to all orders iironij)tly. 

Hkxry Hakhison, who established himself iu business in 1S'.)4, as a practical hot water, 
steam, and gas fitter, is a man with the best of experience in his line, having been in the em- 
ploy of two of the largest concerns in the city in this line for several years, doing a great deal 
of work, for which he has received much jjraise. Since beginning business on his own account, 
he has tilled several contracts in a most satisfactory manner, and has recently secured two rpiite 
large contracts fur gas work. He makes a specialty of house heating, setting new furnaces, 
arranging and installing hot water ajiparatus of all kinds, and does all kinds of general repair 
work, in a neat and workmanlike manner, guaranteeing satisfaction. He has several letters 
from parties for whom he has done work in his line, speaking in the highest terms of the work 
done, and the leliahility of j\Ir. Harrison as a business man. His place of business is at 24 
Lagrange street, and all orders, either by mail or otherwise, will receive prompt and careful 
attention. 

William T. Eatox who has been identified with the building trade since 18(58, is one of 
the best known contractors and builders iu the city. He has an office at 178 Devonshire 
street, in the Hancock Building, and also in the Pilgrim Hall Building, 731 Broadway, South 
Boston. He does a general b\isiness as a carpenter, contractor and biiilder, and has erected a 
number of the well-known buildings iu this city. Amog them being the Hotel Eaton, Hawes, 
Baxter. Hawthorn, Elsmere, Pilgrim Ibdl, and manj- others. He takes contracts for work 
anywhere in this state and is a tlioro\ighly com[ietent and ndiable workman. 



A HALF CENTURV OF BOSTOx's BUILDINO. 501 

John E. Kelly, 188 Sycamore street, Roslindale, late of the firm of Kelly and McKeuna 
does a general business as a carpenter, having done a very large business in these lines in 
and around Boston. He is a thoroughly practical and reliable builder, and has the respect and 
confidence of all who know him. He is prepared to make estimates and take contracts for 
the erection of all kinds of buildings, and does the work promptly and satisfactorily. 

Andrew J. Geanara, 149 North street, corner Fulton place, does a general business as a 
plumber and sanitary engineer. He is a thoroughly competent and reliable workman, with 
years of practical experience in the business. He does all kinds of sanitary drainage, ventila- 
tion and plumbing work, also, gas fitting and jobbing. All orders are promptly attended to 
and work is guaranteed satisfactory. 

The Brown Brothers, at 194 Poplar street. Eoslindale, do a general business as con- 
tractors, carpenters and builders, and have liuilt up a very large and constantly increasing 
business. They are well known to the trade, and have the respect and confidence of their 
large list of customers and the public in general. They have had a great deal of experience in 
tlie line of building, and luive constructed a great many buildings in and around Boston, 

John J. Cranitch, 43 Milk street, does a general business as a carpenter and builder, hav- 
ing taken a great many cortracts for buildings, in this city and vicinity, which he has per- 
formed promptly and to the entire satisfaction of those by whom he was employed. He is 
well known to the trade generally, and stands very high as a carpenter and builder. He is 
always pleased to furnish estimates for the construction of buildings of all kinds, and is a 
thoroughly competent and reliable workman. 

H. S. HussEV, 183A Harrison avenue, is a well-known building and jobbing mason, who 
has a very large business, which is constantly increasing. He has had a very large and prac- 
tical experience, and is a thoroughly competent and reliable workman. He is always ready to 
make estimates and take contracts for any kind of work in liis line, and attends to all orders 
promptly. 

Among the plumbers who have built up a large and increasing business none have been 
more successful than W. A. Pearce & Co., whose office and shop is at 7 Province court, 
where they have every facility for doing all kinds of jilumbing work in the most scientific 
manner. They make a specialty of all sanitary work, taking contracts for the comislete 
ecpiipment of buildings with everj-thing in this line. 

The firm of Daly & Co., engaged in the roofing business, was establisheil in 187.'!, and tliey 
do a verj- large business, which extends all over the state, and gives employment to a large 
number of workmen. They do roofing of all kinds, using gravel, slate, tin or any of the other 
roofing materials, furnishing the materials as well as laying them. They have offices at 1006 
Tremont street, 25 Cabot street, Eoxbury, and 197 Green street, J.amaioa Plain. Among 
some of the large contracts for roofing which they have completed, are the Boston Belting 
Company's building, Pfaff's Brewery, Rockland Brewery, the Legion of Honor Hall building, 
a number of very extensive hotels, etc., for Mr. Patrick Meehan, Jamaica Plain, and a 
very large number of other equally notable buildings in this city and elsewhere. They keep 
a large force of skilled workmen constantly employed and probably do as large a business in 



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A ]IAI>F CKXTUKY OF BOSTON S BUILDING. 



tliis line as any concern in this city. Tlieir facilities are inisiir]iassed, and tliey are able to 
handle the largest contracts with ease and promptness. There is nothing in the way of roof- 
ing that tliis company are not able to do, and they are always pleased to give estimates on any- 
thing in this line. 

F. W. Stjjickland, 112 Dover street, who established liis i)resent business in 1891, is 
a well-known carpenter and builder. Among the buildings which he has assisted in con- 
structing, are the Knapp schoolhouse at Somerville, a large building in Waltham, and a great 
many notable structures in this city and vicinity. He makes a specialty of bowling alleys, 
remodeling buildings and general jobbing, having a large trade in Boston and in the suburbs. 

CiiAHLKs J. Mansfield, the well-known jjlumber, does a general plumbing business, mak- 
ing a s])p(dalty of fitting up in the most approved manner public and private buildings. 
His place of business is at 1114 Washington street, near Dover, witli telephone connections. 
All orders promptly attended to. 

Ghoui;k a. Cauill, room (i, Woolsey P>lock, Jamaica I'lain. is a carpenter and builder, 
prepared to do all kinds of building in a first-class manner. Mr. Cahill has been in the 
business for a number of years and thoroughly understands every detail in connection with the 
proper construction of buildings. His residence is at 14 Newbery street. 

The Hampton House, located in Haymarket 
Square, is one of the largest and best hotels in this 
liart of the city, and has a veiy large patronage. It 
is run on both the American and European plan, 
and the rooms are all large and airy, well furnished, 
and the house is provided with all the modern con- 
veniences. Mr. E. V. White, the jiroprietor, is a well- 
known Iiotel man, and does everything to make his 
house attractive and home like. 

'J'nioTiiY Desmond, o Sachem street, I'arker Hill, 
is an architect and builder, who has not only designed 
but built a great many of the handsome houses in 
Ivoxbury and vicinity. He thoroughly understands 
the business and is prepared to do anything in his 
line promptly and in a satisfactory manner. He is 
always ]ileascd to make plans and estinmtes for the erection of new buildings of all kinds. 

Thomas Cakev, 1160 Tremont street, does a general plumbing business and deals in all 
kinds of plumbing materials. He carries a large stock of supplies from which he can fill all 
orders promptly. He also does all kinds of jobbing ami repair work, and attends to all orders 
without delay. 

The extensive business carried on by Edmund W. Seldon, with an office at 1,'!4 Eliot street, 
was established in 1887, and has been constantly increasing ever since. He is one of the best 
known builders in the city, making a specialty of remodeling and building structures of all 




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kinds. He has done many very large jobs in tlie way of remodelling old buildings, and has 
been wonderfully successful in the work. This is a line of the builders' trade that requires 
special experience, and Mr. Seldon has been long known as an expert in this line. He is also 
a carpenter and builder, and has erected a number of very handsome buildings within the past 
few years, one of tliem being the elegant Institute of Savings building, on Treniont street, at 
the corner of Lagrange. 

The Charles River Ikox Works, wliich have been established since 1860, are well-known 
manufacturers of steam boilers and plate iron work of every description. The works are 
located at Cambridgepovt, and are equipped with all the latest and most improved machinery 
and appliances for doing iron work. The company does a very large business. 

Frank L. Whitlomb, 113 Broadway, Cambridgeport, and 1()() Devonshire street, does a 
general business as contractor, carpenter and builder. The business was established in 
1886, and lias been very successful. Mr. Whitcomb is well known among tlie trade and is 
very highly spoken of by all who know him. 

John S. Eice is one of the well-known carpenters and builders who has built up a very 
extensive business in this city and vicinity, catering to the best class of trade. He has built a 
great many houses in this city and Eoxbury, and is very highly spoken of by all who have 
employed him in any capacity. His place of business is at 70 Circuit street, Eoxbury. 

L. J. (>'Toiii,K and Fkaxk Vose, under the firm name of O'Toole & Vose, do a verj' large 
business in the construction of apartment houses, stores, office buildings, etc., which they offer 
either for sale or rent. They have built a great many of the finest apartment houses in the 
suburbs of the city, and in this way added a great deal to the building up of the place. 
These buildings they have either rented or sold and then others have been put up. In this 
way they are constantly adding to the number of buildings, and they are of the very best 
class. As they do their own building, they do more careful and thorough work than when it is 
done on contract, and all their houses are fitted up in the very best of style with all the 
modern conveniences. They have had a great many years of practical experience in this kind 
of business, and know just what kind of buildings are demanded and suited to the times. 
They always have on hand a number of apartment houses for sale, also stores and suites for 
rent, and their terms are very liberal. The office is located at the corner of Northampton 
street and Hati-ison avenue. 

T. Griffiths, 24 Harvard Place, opposite the Old South Church, Boston, does all kinds of 
carpenter and building work, making a specialt}' of building regulation bowling alleys, and 
fitting and finishing stores and offices. He has the very best of facilities for doing the work, 
and is a first-class workman, competent and reliable. He has erected bowling alleys for the 
Melrose Highlands club-house; 999 Artillery club-house, Charlestown; Arlington boat club; 
Glendon club, Everett; and Carruths', at 46 Hanover street. 

David Ci'RKMej;, 21 Howe street, is a carpenter, builder and general jobber, having all the 
facilities for doing this class of work in the best manner and very promptlj". He is a thor- 
oughly competent and reliable workman and is well known in Dorchester, where he has built 
up a very good business which is constantly being increased. This gentleman can refer to the 



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folluwiug parties for whom he has done work : Mr. Franklin King, i-orner of Milk and India 
streets ; Mr. Roderick A. Pepjier, treasurer Boston and Bangor Steamship Companj-, Foster's 
wharf; ^Ir. E. 1'. Ewing, 50 Lawrence avenue, Dorchester; ]\Ir. F. I!. Snow, 54 Lawrence 
avemre, Dorchester; Mr. E. M. Davenport, Wheaton avenne, Dorchester; Mr. Horace M. 
Beckford, 71 Kilby street; Mr. Charles A. Cooley, treaserer Bay State Loan Company, 3 School 
street; Mr. Edwin L Lewis, architect, 9 Park street ; Mr. William Bearick, architect. 

An entirely novel device for the perfect combustion of coal is the warm air and combina- 
tion heaters manufactured by the Fales Combustion Company, 51 Charlestown street, Boston. 
By the construction of the fire box, which is on an entirely new arrangement, almost perfect 
combustion is secured and a great saving of coal is made. Economy in fuel is one of the most 
desirable considerations in the purcliase of a house-heating ajiparatus, and in this heater it is 
secured in a greater degree than in any other furnace now on the market. It is constructed 
on carefully studied scientific i)rinciples, and has been brought to a wonderful state of 
])erfection. It is easily cared for, and gives an even temperature which is easily nuiintained 
and controlled. 

Patuk'k Joyce is one of the well-known stone masons and contractors of Eoxl)ury, who 
has been established in business since 1887. He has done a great deal of work in this city and 
vicinity, including the stone work on All Soul's Church, Roxbury, the addition to the Barnum 
Museum at Tuft's College, H. E. Hardwick's Iiouse, Quincy, and many others. He is a thor- 
oughly competent and reliable worknuui. with many years of jiractical experience, and is highly 
spoken of by everyone. 

OsK of the well-known Iniilders and masons in tlie Dorchester district, is Mr. W. AV. 
Dromey, at 49 Howard avenue. He is a ])ractical workman and has had a great many years 
of experience in and around the city, where he has done a great deal of building. He has 
the facilities f(ir doing all kinds of work in his line promjitly and in a most satisfactory 
manner. 

P. W. Haves and J. J. Milvee, under the firm name of Hayes & Mulvee, do a general 
plumbing business, paying especial attention to drainage and ventilation, a department of the 
trade in which tliey have had a long and practical experience, having done a great deal of 
work in this line ;ind having the best of facilities for carryng on tlie work in a scientific and 
satisfactory mannei-. Tlreir jilace of Imsiness is at 520 Dudley .street, Roxbury, where they 
attend to all orders promptly. 

R. B. Mt)oi!norsE, who has a carpenter slioiJ at 58 Troy street, near the corner of Albany, 
lias the facilities for doing all kinds of carjjenter work in a neat and satisfactory manner. He 
makes a specialty of jobbing and repair woi-k, his shop being fitted up with the necessary tools, 
etc., for doing this kind of work. 

Joiix Y. Gillespie, 277 Boston street, Dorchester district, deals in furnaces, ranges, 
stoves, etc., also plumlting and plumber's materials of all kinds, and orders by mail or other- 
wise are always ]iromj)tly filled. Mr. Gillespie has built uj> a very large and constantly 
increasing business and is well known to the trade. 




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Delorv Bkotheks, 22(> Pleasunt street, are well-known painters and decorators. Thej- 
make a specialty of interior decorations and have done a great deal of tliis class of work in 
and around Boston. They are very highly spoken of by their many customers and are doing 
a large and constantly increasing business. Their customers are among the largest and best- 
known property-owners, and their work is all first-class. The references of this firm are: 
Hotel Brunswick, Hotel lleynolds, Hotel Oxford, Abbottsford Hotel, American House, United 
States Hotel, Exeter Ohambars, and others. 

Charles E. Woodman, 9 Ferdinand street, is another of the well-known carpenters and 
builders who has been identified with the building interests of "Boston for many years, and has 
put up a great many buildings in and around Boston. He does all kinds of building and 
jobbing work, having the facilities for i)erforming the work promptly and in a satisfactory- 
manner. He has had years of practical experience and is a thoroughly comjietent and I'eliable 
business man. 

Chakles H. Dodge, who established the business in which he is now engaged in 1870, is one 
of the well-known builders who has done a great deal of work in this city and vicinity. He does 
a general business as a contractor, mason and builder, and among the buildings which he has 
assisted in erecting are the John Hancock building on Devonshire street, the Art Museum, 
Wellesley College, Mason building, Watertown public library, and min}' others. He has an 
office at 23 Common street, and also at the Master Builders' Association, 1G0 Devonshire 
street. 

L. Gaddis, 19 Harrison avenue, does a general plumbing and gas fitting business and is 
also a manufacturer of tin, sheet iron and copper ware of all kinds. He also does repairing and 
jobbing, repairing stoves, ranges and furnaces. He is a first-class workman and attends to all 
orders in a prompt and satisfactory manner. 

J. 0. Wethekbee, successor to the old firm of Loyal Lovejoy & Company, of which firm 
he was a member, is located at 182 Causeway street. He carries a large stock of all kinds of 
building materials, including eastern and western pine, spruce timber and flooring, hard pine 
flooring and kiln dried stock. Mr. Wetherbee has one of the best lumber yards in the city and 
furnishes a large amount direct to the builder and consumer. The business has been estab- 
lished since 1837, and the yard is well known to everyone in the business. A good stock of 
California redwood shingles and lumber is carried, and orders are ])romptly tilled, either for 
large or small lots. 

Fkaxcis F. Morton, who in 1892 suceeeiled to the business of ]VIorton >!t Chesley, one of 
the largest contracting and building firms in Boston and New York, is probably one of the 
best-known men in the business. The business was established in 1859, and tlie firm had a 
large business both here and in New York, having built a large number of ottice and business 
blocks and private residences in both cities. In 1892, the firm was dissolved, Mr. Morton 
taking the Boston business and Mr. Chesley the New York. The ottice is at 108 East Dedham 
street. Mr. Morton takes contracts for all kinds of building construction, and among some 
of the more notable structures which have been erected are the Providence U. E. station in 
this city, the Lowell station, the Providence City Hall at Providence, and ex-Governor Ames' 
elegant residence, and about three hundred on the Back Bay. Tiie reputation of this firm is 



506 A }[ALF CEXTLRY OF BOSTON'S BUII.DIXG. 

too well known to need further eomnient, and Mv. Morton will, no doubt, maintain this 
reputation. 

J. M. & G. F. Lane, who have a shop at (33 1-2 Bartlett street, Boston Highlands, do a 
general business as masons and builders, also whitening, whitewashing, coloring, and plaster- 
ing. They also do drain-laying, and cellar cementing of all kinds. Their shop is equipped 
with all the facilities for doing work in their line in a first-class and satisfactor_y manner. 

Chaklks F. Kobeets, o East Springfield street and 11 Dudley street, is a carpenter and 
builder, doing all kinds of building and repair work, also making wire door and window screens 
to order. He is well equipped for doing the work in his line in a first-class and satisfactory 
manner and has a very good patronage. 

ArsTi.v FoKD & Sox are dealers in North Kiver flagging, blue stone and granite, and are 
a')-ents for Bar Harbor red granite. Their Boston office is at 17 Otis street, and their main 
office and wharf at 31 to 39 Main street. Cambridge. Tliey carry a very large stock, and are 
prepared to fill all orders promptly. 

The Godfrey Electric Coxstkuctiox Cojipaxy is the successor to the business of the 
Holtzer-Cabot Electric Company, which was for many years one of the largest and best-known 
electric companies in the city. The company does a general electrical business and has built 
up a very large trade all over New England. The place of business is at 38 Bedford street. 

Neal & Preble, successors to James 1'. Neal, do a general business as masons and 
builders, making a specialty of setting and repairing boilers, furnaces, ranges and grates. 
They also do all kinds of jobbing at short notice. Their office is in the Master Builders' Asso- 
ciation building, 166 Devonsliire street. 

C. H. Hakdwick & Co., are manufacturers and dealers in fine granite monuments, tablets 
and markers. They use the very finest grade of granite, and their work is first-class in every 
respect. They furnish all grades of Quincj- and other granites, and have the very best of 
facilities for finishing the work to suit customers. There is no handsomer or better. quality of 
granite for monumental work than the well-known Quincy granite, and this company carries a 
large stock of it whicli they are prepared to work up in any design required. They have a 
large force of skilled workmen and are always pleased to furnish designs and make estimates 
when called upon to do so. 

J. J. Kexxey, 1") Lauriat avenue, Dorchester, does a general Imsiness as a practical 
plumber and sanitary engineer. He is well known to the trade and has a very high reputation 
as a competent and reliable workman. He has a very large patronage and his business is con- 
stantly increasing. He is always pleased to make estimates, and guarantees first-class work. 

Costa Brothers, 40 Warren street, Roxburj', are engaged in tlie plumbing and tinsmith- 
ing business, and also deal in furnaces, ranges, and all kinds of tin ware, refrigerators and oil 
stoves, being agents for the well-known Lehigh Furnace. Tliey make a specialty of repairing 
smoky chimneys, and do all kinds of joblnug and repair work. The telephone number is 41-4 
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Slatteby & Co., 17, 18 and 19 Cliarlestowii street, are iiianni'yctiirers of aiul dealers in 
doors, sash, blinds, glazed windows, door and window frames, mouldings, glass and all kinds 
of lumber. This firm has been established for many years and has always done a very large 
business. Their trade extends all over New England and they supply contractors and builders 
with everything in their line, having the facilities for filling orders for large or small amounts 
promptly and satisfactorily. 

The Columbia Akchitectukal axd Building Associatiox, with an office in the Ames 
liuilding, Corner of Covirt and Washington streets, do all kinds of architectural and building 
work, making the plans and contracting for the erection of houses, blocks or business build- 
ings. The company has established an excellent reputation in our community. Parties desir- 
ing to have new buildings erected, plans and estimates made, will find this association compe- 
tent and reliable in every respect. Mr. G. D. Mitchell is the manager, and is a well-known 
business man, who has had considerable experience in the building trade. 

J. \V. Handy, with an office in Harvard square, Brookline, is a contractor, mason and 
builder. He does plastering, concreting, chimney building and repairing, also all kinds of 
jobbing. He is prepared to furnish estimates and take contracts for anything in his line, and 
attends to all orders jn-omptly and in a satisfactory manner. 

The Blaxdfokd Bkick and Tile Company are among the largest manufacturers of plain 
and ornamental building brick, of any desired color, from pure clays, making a specialty of 
buff and white, which are at present very much in demand for building purposes, and guaran- 
teed to keep their color. The company also make fire brick and fire tiles of every descrip- 
tion. They do a very large business, having offices at 72 Water street, Boston, and at 67 
Lyman street, Springfield, Mass. They have furnished the brick and tiling for a great many 
of the prominent buildings in this city, and have a large trade all over New England. The 
yards and works are at Russell, Mass., on the line of the Boston & Albany railroad, giving 
them the very best of shipping facilities. The officers of this company are O. W. Norcross, 
])resident ; A. J. Parks, treasurer; and (t. L. Twichell, manager. 

J. H. Brown, 84 Chardon street, Boston, is the successor to the carpentering and jobbing 
business formerly conducted by T. S. Brown. Mr. Brown makes a specialty of fitting up 
stores, offices and counting rooms, and is a first-i'lass workman. He has a very good trade 
and attends to all orders promptly and in a satisfactory' manner. 

J. F. Rogers, 5 Folsom street, Roslindale. does a general business as an architect and 
builder. For the last ten years he has had a great deal of practical experience, and is 
thoroughly competent to take full charge of building operations, furnishing the plans and 
attending to all tlie details of the work, either old or new. He is always pleased to furnish 
plans and make estimates for all kinds of buildings. 

A. G. MiNTON, 17 Harvard idace, Boston, does all kinds of carpenter and building work, 
making a specialty of fitting up stores, offices and counting rooms. He has the very V)est 
facilities for doing the work, and makes counters, desks, shelving, etc.. to order. He is always 
pleased to make plans and estimates, and is very prompt in attending to orders. 



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\Vii,LiAM Bassktt, .■)',) Dundee street, Boston, is a dealer m real estate, making a sjiecialty 
of suburltan i)ro])ert\'. He has constantly on hand a very large nundier of desirable resi- 
denees, Luildiug lots, and other property for sale, and is always pleased t(j show them to any 
one looking for such, either as investments, or homes. 

William ('. Hkiu:, whose office and factory is at ;>4 Lagrange street, does a general busi- 
ness as a carpenter and builder. He also does all kinds of jobbing, having the facilities for 
getting out tlie stock and doing the work promptly and in a very satisfactorj' manner. He 
has had a large experience in the trade and is a thoroughly reliable and competent workman. 

Gko. W. UijAxiH, 20 Union street, Boston, does a general business as a iiractical iiluniber 
and gas fitter. Mr. Branch is a man of long experience in the business and is thoroughly 
competent and reliable. He is prepared to furnish tlie materials as well as do the work, and 
has a large trade in Boston and suburban towns. Some of the large buildings that Mr. 
Brancli has done work in are: Robert Treat Paine's residence at Waltham, Mass.; American 
Kubber Works, Cambridge, Mass.: Dr. Bryant's liouse, Cohasset, Mass.; and several others. 
Some of the lai'ge buildings that Mr. Branch has (h:)ne since being in business for himself, are 
the Searles jVIansion at Block Island, Rhode Island; Everett Piano Company, Boston, Mass.; 
Dr. Charles ilinot's house and stable, at Milton. Mass.; and Mrs. A. R. Thayer's liouse, at 
Tiverton, Ehode Island; also Mr. Kichards' house, Cambridge, Mass. 

CuMMixGs & MoREHOusK, of Bostou, do a gen- 
eral business as contractors and builders, doing 
all kinds of construction work in this city or else- 
«liere. They have been in the business for a 
nuiul.)ei- of years and are now well established and 
well known, having done a great deal of work 
which has given them a splendid reputation and 
been the means of securing for them a constantly 
increasing amount of business in their line. They 
have the facilities for furnishing plans and de- 
signs for residences or otlier buildings, and doing 
;dl the work in connection with their prompt and 
satisfactory construction. In addition to buildings 
for others, they have a number of houses for 
sale, all of which arc in desirable locations, 
thoroughly built and ecpiipped with the modern 
conveniences. An_yone desiring to engage with 
a thoroughly competent and reliable firm for the 
construction of a building of any kind will find 
('umniiiigs iV .Morehouse one of the l)est and sijuarest in the city. They have an office ;it 22 
Ehnont street, Dorchester, and j\Ir. Cammings' residence is at 10 Durham street, Boston. 

The Beckwitii Eluvatou Company, 19 Pearl street, manufacturers and dealers in electric, 
hydraulic, belt and hand power, passenger and freight elevators of all kinds. The elevators 
made by this company are carefully constructed, the best of materials being used, and 




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A HALF CENTURY OF BOSTON's BUILDIN(;. 509 

everything in the way of modern improvements and safety devices are provided. They make 
a specialty of Beckwitli automatic and half-automatio gates and d(Jors, whicli arc especially 
recommended for safety and convenience. They are simple, cheap, durable and efficient. The 
mechanism is so constructed that the gate cannot get out of its guides, but is raised and low- 
ered smootlily without any sudden drt)p, and is not affected by rust and grease as all gravity 
gates nnist be. If anything obstructs the gate, the elevator passes on without damage to gate 
or obstacle, entirely eliminating the danger attending the use of any other wholly automatic 
gate. There are over live thousand in use in mills and business houses in New England. The 
company do all kinds of repairs on elevators, whether of their own or other manufacture, 
furnish fire-proof shutters, tin lining, ventilators, red iron bars, ropes, etc., and have all the 
facilities for doing tlie work promi)tly and skillfully. 

Isaac G. Hamilton does all kinds of carpenter and building work. He has a shop at 4 
Mall street, corner of Harrison avenue, Boston, where he has facilities for doing all kinds of 
jobbing and repair work. He is prepared to do store, office and counting room fitting, and 
attends to all orders for anything in his line very promptly. 

Thomas H. jMcDoxald vS: Compaxv, 1644 Washington street, Boston, are practical plumb- 
ers and sanitary engineers, making a specialty of drainage and ventilation, also open plumbing 
of all kinds. Estimates furnished at short notice. Among the buildings which they have 
done are: Deerfield Hotel, James Street; Dr. T. M. Roach's house, Commonwealth A venue ; 
and Thornton Academy of Music, f^aco, Maine. 

James C. Smith, 113 Warren street, Pvoxbury, and 93 Albany street, Boston, does all kinds 
of roofing and repair work, using slate, metal or composition. He also makes and puts up cop- 
per gutters and conductors, cornices and chimney tops, ventilators and sky -lights. Mi: Smitii 
does a very large and constantly increasing business and is very well known to the Iniilding 
trade generally. 

Eobeht H. Pickett, makes a specialty of cleaning and pointing masonry, paying particu- 
lar attention to brick work. Mr. Pickett has an order box at the Master Builders' Associ- 
ation rooms, 166 Devonshire street, and all orders left there will receive his prompt and ] er- 
sonal attention. He has a very good business and does first-class work. 

The old and well-known firm of Waldo Brothers, dealers in building materials, was estab- 
lished in 1874, and has always done a very large and successful business. This company are 
importers and dealers in all kinds of building materials, and reju'esent the I'erth Amboy 
Terra Cotta Company. 

Among some of the more prominent buildings for which they have furnished the material 
are : terra cotta and front brick for Boston Public Library, Tremont Temple, Jordan Building 
on Bedford street. King Building on Broad street; J. T. Andrew's residence on Common- 
wealth avenue; Hastings Hall, Cambridge; Bell Telephone Building, John Hancock Building, 
and many others. They have also furnished the fire proofing for the Globe, Albion, Bell Tele- 
phone Buildings and tlie Boston Tavern. This concern is the largest dealer in building mate- 
rials in New England, and are doing a very large and constantly increasing business. 



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The rapid and widespread development of the construction of large office buildings within 
the past few years, has led to the design of various types of floor construction, in which a com- 
bination of lightness, strength, fire-proofing and economy are aimed at. 

These types may be divided into two classes : First, the well known hollow firebrick arch 
construction ; second, a concrete arch strengthened by metal in some form or other. 

After years of experimenting with concrete in various forms, Mr. Wm. Orr, superintendent 
of the New Jersey Wire Cloth Co., invented and patented the Roebling Fire Proof Floor Con- 
struction, believing it to be superior to any known method, from the high efficiency resultant 
from its application of scientific principles, and the consequent lessening of the dead weight 
of the floors and partitions in a building, as compared with the methods heretofore in vogue. 

The purpose of the Eoebling method is security for life and property again.st fire, and the 
collapsing of heavily-loaded buildings. 

That it secures the results for which it is designed, will be ap]>arent to any architect or 
engineer, who will examine into the construction as used on some of the large buildings in this 
city, during the past year. 

The Roebling Standard Wire Lathing needs no introduction to the architects and builders 
of this city, as its superior ipialities, for use in fire-proof construction have long since been 
well demonstrated. 

Special forms of wire lathing are manufactured and carried in stock, for use on any work 
where wire lathing can be employed, and special plans drawn when reipiired. 

The New Jersey Wire Cloth Co., manufacturers of the above construction and also of the 
lathing, have during the past year opened an office at C9 Pearl street, this city. The factory 
and nuiin office are in Trenton, N. J. 

D. L. Reakdon, 355 Broadway, South Boston, does a general business as a plumber and 
dealer in plumbers' supplies, stoves and tin ware. He carries a good stock and is able to fill 
all orders promptly. He has been in the business for a number of years in South Boston, and 
is well known as a sipuire and honoraljle business man. 

Henkv C. Allex, at the corner of Warren street and Harrison avenue, does a general busi- 
ness as a carpenter and builder, also all kinds of jobbing and repair work. He is prepared to 
take contracts for the erection of new buildings or the repair and refitting of old ones, and is a 
first-class workman in every respect. 

Arthur P. Olsox, 64 Brookside avenue, Jamaca Plain, is a carpenter and builder, being 
prepared to erect buildings or do repairing and jobbing. He thoroughly understands the 
business and is reliable in every respect. He has done a great deal of work in Jamaica Plain, 
and is well known in that vicinity. He is always ready to draught plans and make estimates 
for new work when called upon to do so, and attends to all orders promptly. 

Geo. W. Perkixs, 21 Avery street, corner of Mason, Boston, makes a specialty of gas pijs- 
ing, either the putting in of new pipe or repairing old. He has had a great many years of 
practical experience at this particular branch of the plumbing trade and thoroughly under- 
stands every detail of the work. He has an order box at the Master Builders' Association, 166 
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Francis Vall?:k, 1196 Harrison avenue, at the corner of Dudley street, Boston Highlands, 
is a cariienter and builder, doing all kinds of wood work, office and store fitting, house finish- 
ing and repairing, and general jobbing of all kinds. He pays special attention to jobbing and 
rejiair work, and is a first-class workman. 

Spraoue & NuoENT, Haymarket square, are well known as sign painters and advertis- 
ing sign contractors. They make a specialty of office and marble tablet lettering, and do a 
verj- extensive business all over the city, and are also prepared to do work anywhere in New 
England. 

John Callahan, 7S Dover street, does plumbing, gas fitting and furnace work, and deals 
in stoves, ranges, furnaces, oil stoves, copper boilers, and kitchen furnishing goods. He has a 
shop where he does all kinds of repairing, and does tin plate, sheet iron, and copper work to 
order. He is an experienced workman and attends to all orders ])romptly. 

A. B. Evans & Co., 19 River street, off Beacon street, does slate, metal and gravel roofing, 
ami general jobbing in the line of tin and sheet metal work. He puts up and repairs gutters 
and conductors, ventilators, shutters, and elevator well tinning, etc. They have the very best 
facilities for doing the work in a iirst-class manner, and their trade extends all over the citj- 
and beyond. The following is a partial list of buildings which they have done work upon : 
Hopkinson School, 29 Chestnut street; Paine Memorial building. Appleton street, the dog and 
cat home, Brighton; The Curtis, ilt. Vernon street; the Tavern Club, I'oylston place; and 
a large nuniber of other buildings. 

John Feenky, 15 North Grove street, does a general roofing business, using either slate, 
tin, cojpper or composition. He also puts up gutters and conductor pipes, and does a general 
repairing trade. He has built up a very good business and is very highly spoken of by all 
who have employed him in any capacity. He has done the work on the following buildings : 
Massachusetts General Hospital, City Hospital, L. M. Merrill's buildings on Xewbury street, 
Marlboro street. Commonwealth avenue and Beacon street; Hotel Vendome on Commonwealth 
avenue ; West End Street Eailroad car staldes in Everett, Huntington avenue. Grove Hall, 
Brighton and Mount Auburn; all work on the estate of George F. Parkman. 33 Beacon street; 
Lucy's buildings, corner of Eustis street and Harrison avenue ; the John Trull estate ; C. E. Eicli- 
ards' estates on Hammond street, Kilby street, State street and Washington street; Basset and 
Thomas buildings on West Newbury street, ^Marlboro street and Beacon street extensicn, and 
also Parker street; the Charles C. Whitney estate, and several others. 

James Flynn, 76 Sudbury street, does all kinds of architectural iron and metal work, and 
is the manufacturer of Flynn's patent folding fire escape ladder, iron buildings and bridges, 
iron beams and columns, iron stairs, jail work, railings, fences, finals and erestings, and all 
kinds of builders' iron work, blacksmithing and jobbing. Some of the buildings for which 
Mr. Flynn has furnished the iron work, are the Brighton High School, Somerville High 
School, iron stairs for Court House, Boston, stairs and ornamental railings for Castle Square 
Theatre, iron stairs in new building at corner of Winter and Tremont streets, and Trinity 
Church, Boston. 



'tVJ A llAl.K CKXI'l'KV I'K KOSTOXS Bf 1 LD I NC. 

I'AKiiv BiioTHiiKs & CoMTJ-NV, 10 Bioail Street, Boston, are dealers in all kinds of brick, 
and are also agents for the sale of eastern brick. The company have yards at Belmont, 
Cambridge, and at Concord. Xew Hampshire, and have a capacity of two hundred and fifty 
thousand per day. They do a verj- large business, having a good tiade in and around Boston. 
They are prepared to fill orders for brick in large or small quantities, and for any purpose, 
and all orders are jiromptly attented to. 

J. 1?. Williams, (U) Trinity Terrace, Coi)ley sijuare, Boston, does all kinds of house, store 
and office jiainting and decorating, graining, glazing, tinting, coloring, lialsomining, whitening, 
paper hanging, white-washing, etc. He also cleans and polishes furniture, trout doors, vesti- 
Indes, etc. yiv. "Williams is prepared to furnish estimates for anything in his line and guar- 
antee satisfaction in the execution of the work. He employs only first-class workmen, and 
specimens of his work can be seen at the Victoria, Kensington, Hamilton, Oxford, Exter 
Chambers. Thorndike, Bark Square, Cohnnbian, Huntington, Abbotsford, Ludlow, Algonquin 
Club, the Atlantic Hotel. Nanta.sket; (Jrundeman studios. Copley Hall; Exchange Building, 
State street; Emmanuel Church, Somerville; Episcopal Church, Hyde Park; the Berwick, 
Commodore Knights yacht, "The Kittie", and Dixon Brothers' boats, Women's Educational 
Iinlustrial Union building, Boston & Maine Eailroad Company, and Young Men's Christian 
Association. 

Waltkk Stedmax, 12 Cherry street, near AVashington, does all kinds of carpenter and 
building work, general jobbing and repairing. He is prepared to do store, office and counting- 
room fitting, house furnishing, etc. He is well-known as a careful and skillful workman, and 
is thoroughly reliable in every respect. 

•losiAH EiiODES, 360 Cambridge street, Allston, is a plumber and dealer in stoves, ranges, 
furnaces, hardware, tinware, etc. He is also prepared to do tin roofing, and repair work of all 
kinds. Ho has good facilities fordoing the work in a first-class manner, and guarantees satis- 
faction. 

Benxktt & EiCE. o.^ 1-2 Sudbury street, Boston, do all kinds of work in connection with 
steam and hot water heating, and combination heating, having the facilities for doing all kinds 
of pipe and coil bending, boiler setting, etc. They do a very large business and are employed 
by the largest builders in fitting up new buildings with heating apparatus. Specimens of 
this firm's work can be found in the John Carter buiUling, 100 Federal street. Walker, Oakley & 
Co., South street, and the attractive residences of JIajor Chadwick, at Cushing avenue, Dor- 
chester, and Arthur Jones, corner of Washington street and Gardner road, Brookline. 

C. H. Hardwick & Co. are manufacturers and dealers in fine granite monuments, tablets 
and markers. They use the very finest grade of granite, and their work is first-class in every 
respect. Tliey furnish all grades of Quincy and other granites, and have the very best facili- 
ties for finishing the work to suit customers. There is no handsomer or better qualitv of 
granite for monumental work than the well-known Quincy granite, and this company carrj- a 
large stock of it. whieli they are prepared to work up in any design retpiired. They have a 
large force of skilled workmen, and are always pleased to furnish designs and make estimates 
when called upon to do so. 



A HALF CENTrRV OF BOSTOx's BUILDIXG. 513 

J. T. PitF.LAX of 17 Brattle square, Cambridge, is a well known practical plumber and san- 
itary engineer, having had twenty -six j-ears ex]ierience, has a very large and growing business 
all over Xew England. He makes a specialty of remodeling the plumbing of residences. Soil 
and drain pipes tested by a patented process. 

The Pennock Electric Company, with offices in the new Carter Building, at the corner 
of Washington and Water streets, are the manufacturers and dealers in the Pennock Electric 
Light and Power s^'stems, which are at present attracting the attention of everyone interested 
in the electrical business. This system it is claimed by the company furnishes cheap and safe 
electric power, and is adapted to all kinds of electric work wherever power is used. All the 
inventions and improvements of this company are thoroughly covered by letters patent, and 
this company is the sole owner and manufacturer. A specialty is made of installing electric 
lighting plants, the great economy of the system being one of the features. As showing the 
comparative cost of this system over all others, the company give the following figures as the 
cost of a plant complete. A plant with a capacity of 500 lights, costs ^3,000, the cost per 
lamp being $(>.()(), and the maintenance per lamp per j'ear, including labor, B3. Larger plants 
cost less in proportion, as for instance a 5000 light plant is put in for $10,000, making the 
cost per lamp only $2.00, and the average cost of maintenance per lamp per year, including 
the labor, is reduced to only $1.00. They are always pleased to hear from those interested 
in electric light or power plants, and are ready to make estimates and plans for the com- 
plete installation of lighting or power plants. 

E. H. Hii.LS, 34 Beverly street, Boston, does all kinds of architectural and general wood 
carving, making a specialty of high grade work for decorative purposes, in the new and elegant 
office buildings that are now being bviilt all over the citj'. Mr. Hills has done a great deal of 
work for Boston builders and is very well-known to the trade. 

Charles Wylie, carpenter and builder, 33 Province street, off School or Bromfield streets, 
was first established in 1870, at 2 Jackson place, off Winter street. He has been a carpenter for 
fifty years and has done a great deal of work in this city. He rebuilt the Burnham building 
at 74 Tremont street, next to Tremont Temple, and others, and razed the building corner of 
Tremont and School streets, formerly on the site of the new addition to the Parker House. 
He has electric jaives in his well-equipped shop. He does all kinds of wood work, remodeling 
stores and buildings, making and putting in store fixtures, making and repairing photograph 
cameras, and does all kinds of jobbing and general repair work. 

Edward E. Wells, with a shop at 10 Pitts street, Boston, is prepared to do all kinds of 
carpenter work, office and store fitting, house finishing, jobbing and repairing of all kinds. 
He has the facilities for doing work of this kind in a first-class manner, and attends to all 
orders promptly and in a satisfactory manner. 

T. J. Faequhaksox, Branch avenue, Dorchester, does a general business as a carpenter 
and builder, general jobbing and repair work of all kinds. He is prepared to furnish plans 
and make estimates for the construction of all kinds of new buildings, and has the very best 
of facilities for doing the work in a prompt and satisfactory manner. 



r)14 A HAI.r CKNTUKY OF UOSTON's BlILDIKG. 

JosEi'ii J. ricKETT floes a very good business as a pointer and cleaner of masonry. This 
is an important part of the work in finishing np a brick or stone building, and needs to be done 
carefully and by a man of experience. ^Nfr. Pickett has had years of experience and is well-known 
to the trade. He has an order box at the Master Builders' Association rooms, 166 Devonshire 
street, and resides at 21 AVestern avenue, Cambridgeport. Mr. Pickett has done, work on the 
New Old South Church, New Court House, Xew Public Library, store of E. H. White & Co., 
and many others. 

The Pearl Squake Auoer Cojipaxy, with a factory at Eochester, N. H. and a Boston 
office at 24 Kingston street, are just introducing a novelty in the way of augers. Tliis new 
tool is very simple in construction, and yet it accomplishes wonderfiil results. It is the only 
anger that makes a square hole, mortise, or gain, with a rotary motion, and the improvement 
in this company's hand and power boring machine is equally great over those now in use, 
as their augers are superior to the old style auger. 

These augers are made of the best English steel, and all the bearings are case hardened, 
and all parts are interchangeable. The spindle is hollow, to be filled with oil to keeij the 
tool from heating when run at a high rate of speed and in hard wood. The spur point is 
detachable and can be renewed for a few cents when worn out without throwing away the tool. 

The auger for boring square holes can be instantly changed to bore ordinary round holes, 
so that either round or s(]uare holes can be bored with the same tool. Another point about 
these augers is, tliat they are made with adjustable feed for soft or hard wood. 

Every carpenter and builder should send for a circular, and be convinced of the great sav- 
ing in time and labor gained by the use of this auger. 

The company nuake augers of all kinds, both round and square, also jiower and hand boring 
machines. These augers and bits are made for use in ordinary bit braces, hand boring 
machines, and for ]iower mortising and boring in mill work. 

Tlie demand for these augers is very large, and comes from all over the country, the com- 
pany lieing kei)t very busy filling orders. 

The company is always pleased to show its goods and the work they are capable of doing, 
and will send descriptive circulars, etc., upon re(piest, to any address. 

Kdw.vkd DiMioAX, 6 Linden Park street, Eoxbury, does a genei'al business as a practical 
]iliimber, gas fitter and sanitary engineer, being prepared to do anything in this line in a 
neat and workmanlike manner. He has ha 1 years of experience at the trade and always gives 
the best of satisfaction. He has built up a very good business which is constantly increasing. 

The 1'aek Si,)rAi;K Hotel, located oiiposite the Providence depot in Park Square, has a 
large number of furnished rooms, and every modern convenience for the accommodation of the 
guests. It is run on the European plan, and its cafe is first-class. The location of the house 
is convenient, lieing near the depots, and only a few minutes' walk from the business centre of 
the city. G. W. Bixby is the proprietor, and he has made the house very popular. 

Geouoe G. Baker is one of the well-known masons and builders, having an office in the 
]\Iaster Builders' Association Building at 166 Devonshire street, Boston. !Mr. Baker is ])re- 
jiared to take contracts for the erection of all kinds of buildings, and also does all kinds of 
jobbing. He is always )jleased to make jilans and estimates when called upon to do so. 



A HALF CENTL'EV OF BOSTOX .S BUILDrXG. 515 

Arthuk L. Hersum, 27 Province street, Boston, does all kinds of sanitary plumbing, mak- 
ing a specialty of drainage and ventilation, :^[r. Hersum was formerly with Hawthorne & Son, 
and has had years of practical experience, so that he is able to do the work in a most skillful 
and scientific manner. He attends to all orders personally, and is very prompt in doing the 
work. Mr. Hersum has done plumbing in the four-story building of J. K. & C. L. Hersum, 
43 Western avenue, Cambridgeport ; at W. G. Harris's house. Beach street, Revere; and has 
done considerable work for A. L. IMurdock, some of which was at the corner of Huntington 
avenue and Gainsborough street ; also the residence at Magnolia, Mass., of Professor Moore, 
of Harvard College ; and a great many others. 

Collins & Richards, 129 Portland street, are engaged in metal working, doing all kinds 
of fancy brass, bronze, iron and wire work for building purposes, store fitting, etc. They have 
the very best of facilities for doing this kind of work in a first-class and satisfactory manner. 

Deax Bkotheks, corner of Wheatland avenue and Whitfield street, Dorchester, do a 
general biisiness as practical plumbers, making a specialty of jobbing work. Both members 
of the firm are practical and experienced workmen, and do nothing but first-class work. They 
have built up a very good business, and are well-known in Dorchester and vicinity. 

The firm of L. D. Willcntt & Son, contractors and builders, are among the best known and 
most extensive builders in the city. The firm is a member of the Master Builders' Association, 
and has its office in the Association building at 166 Devonshire street. This firm built a 
very large number of the best and most costly residences in the city, several of them costing 
more than f 100,000. They take siaecial pains with all their work to have it first-class in 
every respect, and the large patronage which they have testifies to the success with which their 
efforts in this direction have met. They stand very high among the trade and have in' 
excellent reputation for square and honorable dealing. Their facilities and experience adapt 
them especially to the construction of private residences of the best class finish. They are 
always pleased to submit plans and estimates. 

OxE of the expert and practical contractors for steam and hot water heating apparatus in 
New England is Thomas Ferrie, 72 Pearl street, who has had years of experience in the 
business and is thoroughly acquainted with every detail of the work. He has equipped a very 
large number of buildings in and around Boston and is very highly spoken of by all. He fur- 
nishes plans and specifications for all kinds of heating apparatus, and with his long experience 
he is able to do this work in a most scientific manner. Mr. Ferrie has built up a very laro-e 
patronage, and has as his customers some of the best and most extensive builders. 



Index to Advertisements and Descriptive 

Articles. 



Ads. Articles. 

Abertliaw Construeiion Co lOii Mi 

Adams House JoT 4 1 1 

Ali.Mii. M 3S!1 

Alien, lleiiiy . 38i> .">10 

Aiiii'iioan .Viohitect Jc Building News 

Co " 151 

Amoriean Fire Proofing Co., The 19\ ■>S'2 

Anioriean liadiator Co lt'>.') 404 

Ames iV: Joseelyn 241 470 

Anderson A- .lohnson '.i!> 4."i7 

Arkinson. \V. F. A Co l."j'.> 44!i 

Armstrong, I). H. * Co :!4T 

-Vsbeslos Paper Co. The 12.") 4;!7 

Austin A Stone's Museum Iil7 470 

Automatic (ias Maeliine Co., The. . . .2:!.'; 40ii 

Arey Brothers .SO;; 4M 

Ayers, Melvin I) 301 47ii 

Aylward. Edward 301 

Ra.lger, E. 1>. A- Sons 20!1 304 

Bailey. K. \V. i<: Co l.")7 4.".4 

Bailey. .T. W. A .Sons Co 221 4.V) 

Baker. (Jeor^e (i . , 317 .">14 

lialdrey, Sauuiel (i 3.t1 4!)3 

Harliour-Stoekwell Co 331 382 

Barker. George H 277 420 

Barlow, T. 1 307 484 

Barron, G. \ 3.51 404 

Barry. Joseph W 357 400 

Bassett, Wllliaiu 383 .508 

Bay State Brick Co 121 400 

Bearse. Owen it .Son 3i>7 4()2 

Beckwith Elevator Co 211 .508 

Bell. William (i. Co.. The 280 445 

Belledue, C. H Ill 430 

Belyea. Fred W :;.-,7 442 

Bennett, E. .\ 247 

Bennett it Kice 307 512 

Bertram. .lames 357 4iU 

Bertwell. W. E. A- Co 3.57 443 

Berry it Ferguson 217 382 

Biesty. John it William 371 

Bilafsky. B . 1.50 430 

BixViy Brothers 230 41.'! 



.-Yds. .Articles. 

Black, Robert 213 474 

Blair, Isaac it Co 155 380 

Blandford Brick it Tile Co 315 .507 

Bogart, 1. H 357 472 

Boston .\i«omatic Fire Alarm Co. .. .175 400 

Boston Belting Vo 227 300 

Boston Blue Print Co 273 304 

Boston Fire Proofing Co 177 :'.00 

Boston Furnace Co 133 444 

Boston Galvanizing Works 200 408 

Boston Hotel 370 

Boston it Maine Bailroad 401 403 

Boston Wharf Co U3 404 

Boultenhonse, C 243 

Bourne, (;eorge F 355 402 

Bousquet F. ct Co 145 

Boyce, William J 355 472 

Boyce. Gallagher it Co 123 413 

Boyd, K. E 330 

Boyd. William 305 

Boyden, I,. E 207 424 

Bracelin. Charles 300 

Bramhall A Co 307 

Branch, (ieorge W 365 508 

Brauueis, John M 201 

Bray. C. A 220 474 

Brennan, S. it Co 381 420 

Brewer, Elias & Co 117 470 

Brigham's Hotel 333 488 

Brown Brothers 105 501 

Brown, Joseph 330 

Brown, J. H 303 507 

Brown, P. M 351 

IJrown. Kobert F 177 482 

Brown, T. S 227 302 

Brownell Milton C 87 421 

Buckley, Daniel 355 

Bidley, J 283 

Burditt it Williams 87 4;58 

Burke Brothers 371 

Burnham it Davis 201 488 

Burnham, (i. T 153 427 

Burt, J. H. it Co 127 454 



IXDEX TO ADVERTISEMKNTS AND DESCRIPTIVE AKTICLES. 



517 



Butcher Polish Co 225 

Cabot, Samuol 173 

Caliill, George A 163 

Callaghan, Thomas 339 

Callahan, John 351 

Cameron, J. C 21!) 

Campbell, J. P 331 

Campbell & Hurley 341 

Cape Ann Granite Co 281 

Carey, Thomas 359 

Carlisle, E. A., Pope & Co 157 

Carpenter-Morton Co 125 

Castle Square Hotel 

Castle Square Theatre 479 

Cavanagh, John, & Son BuiUiini; Mov- 
ing Co., The 425 

Chandler & Barber 191 

Chapman, C. C 339 

Chapman, E. M 359 

Charles River Iron Works 355 

C;harles Kiver Stone Co 287 

Chem-Eleetric Manufacturing Co 173 

Cherry, R. E 281 

Chipman, Samuel T 213 

Chisholm & Sullivan 201 

Christen, J. E 131 

Chute & Bagloe 

Clark, C. E 183 

Clark, E. A 271 

Clark, E. W. & Co 165 

Clark, W. L. & Co 187 

Clark's Hotel 145 

Clark & Smith 397 

Cleaves, Stephen A 197 

f'linton Wire Cloth Co 97 

Coliurn, Frank G 303 

Cochran, R. E 215 

Cogan, Edmund J 313 

Cokord, B. F. it Co 121 

Coleman, J. C 335 

Coleman & Muiiihy 349 

Collins & Richards 347 

Columbia Architectural tt Building 

Association, The 319 

Condon, Thomas 189 

( 'onlan it Maylieck 125 

Connolly, T. H 311 

Coon, John J. & Co 205 

Cooper, Charles 387 

Cooper, J 341 

Cooper, M 297 



Articles. 
432 
382 
592 

511 
49(5 
492 

422 
502 

437 
402 
478 
478 

424 

427 



503 
451 

477 



477 
471 
428 
483 

470 
487 
41. -5 



4l'1 
440 
421 

412 

493 

515 

507 
50(3 
403 
403 

480 

470 



Ads. Articles. 

Copley Square Hotel 219 416 

Cosden, John W. & Co 20 1 498 

Costa Brothers 339 506 

Conghlin, T. J 337 

Cram, D. Henry 101 448 

Cranitch, John J 2(n 501 

Craig it Conley 285 456 

Crawford, Angus 383 

Crawford House 207 403 

Crawford it Young 207 441 

Creber, F. C 349 

Croft, J. T. & Co 34i 

Crosby, M. D - 339 492 

Crouss, G. D 303 

Cruickshank it Teed 245 487 

Cuddihy, .John J 119 400 

Cullen Brothers it Co 1 93 

Cummings it Morehouse 251 508 

Cmmingham, Lawrence 375 

Curley, Martin J 351 

Currier, Da\id 2(53 503 

Cutter & Parker 283 420 

Cutting, Bardwell it Co 329 4S1 

Daly & Co 305 501 

Danforth, W. E 307 451 

Darling Brotliers 353 456 

Darlow Brothers 2()9 490 

Davis, Jos. H 215 388 

Davis, W. T. it R. A 3(J7 

Dean Brothers 295 515 

Decker Brothers 233 424 

DeLaney, John C, Moulding Co 231 449 

Delany J. S. it Son 233 48S 

Delorey Brothers 2S7 442 

Densmore, Chas. D. it Co 379 481 

De Rosay, D. Warren 383 366 

Desmond, Timothy 243 502 

Dodge, C. A. it Co 141 396 

Dodge, C. H 341 505 

Dodge, F. W. it Co 89 437 

Dolan, William J 307 452 

Dolbeare, Wm. L 117 491 

Donlan, John F 159 

Douglass, A 387 

Douglas, Elisha it Co 307 

Doyle, Geo. F 305 497 

Driseoll, H. W 345 

Dromey, W. W 175 504 

Duff, T 469 

Duggan, Edward 387 314 

Duggan, T. H 229 



ol8 



A HALF IKNTIKY OF BO:«TOX S BV U.III XC. 



Ads. Articles. 

Dunn. Is;»ao H iS>."i 4(;-.' 

Pupont. Henry C 1S>S 477 

Eiuou, William T Si:. 500 

Eilgerton. .loUn S07 

Eddy. Leaoe W. * Co -'71 4iiS 

Eddy. Otis 340 470 

EkUmd. H. J S4S 

Electric Heat Alarm Co 327 4;ii! 

Elektron Maimfactwring Co 153 874 

Elston. A. A. * Co 170 4iX; 

Elston. M. * -Sou 203 420 

Emery W. A Co 171 

Emery A Stuart 40') 

Emergency Fire Extinguisher Co. (Incor- 

porateti) 10-") ;iOS 

Estabrxxik's, K. Sons 225 380 

Estes, A. S. X 340 408 

Evans, A. B. * Co 301 511 

Excelsior Fire Extingiiislier Co 305 4(W 

Fairbanks Co.. The 185 372 

Falconer Maniifacluring Co 370 402 

Fales Combustion Co 403 5(U 

FalmoiMh House. The 223 

Farvjuhai-sou, T. J 3l>3 513 

Feeuey, John 407 51 1 

Felkin. A. C. A M. L 173 4tU! 

Felton. 15. W Hu 4tV> 

Fennell. William 3(i5 

Ferrie. Thomas 250 515 

Finueran. W. F 181 4H2 

Finnerty. Daniel (i 377 

Fitzgerald. D. .1 303 408 

Fitziv^trick. W. .1 143 470 

Fiske, Homes \- Co 00 304 

Flemming, C- W 377 

Flewelling, K. J 323 444 

Flynn. ,1 ames 377 51 1 

Flynn. John J 423 404 

Folsom 8uo\v Guard Co 100 4;>3 

Fonl. Austin & Son 373 .500 

Foni, Edwin, it- Frederick Brooks 370 

Forrest. A. W 40;5 

Franklin. Albert B 85 :}86 

Fratus Brothers 103 45:5 

Freeman. H. S 253 

Frost * Adams 181 4;?! 

Frost Brothers 153 433 

Fuller. Seth W 107 450 

Fuller iV Warren Warming & Ventilat- 
ing Co 373 378 

Fuohs A Wausler 223 



-Ads. .-Vrucles. 

l■^lrber. O. E 107 487 

(Jaddis. L 460 505 

Galvin. James J ISO 4S7 

(.iately. William 250 480 

Gay. C. >[ 355 

Gays Hotel 253 

Gerry A Xorthup 307 402 

tJilchrist * Taylor 311 4t)0 

Gillespie. John Y 315 504 

C.ihnori> A Kcnney 250 400 

(iilpatrick. J. W 35;J 497 

Godfrey Electric Construction Co 353 500 

Godfrey it Thotnas 355 403 

(Jooch * Pray 100 421 

tiordou. William 353 453 

(iould. Charles E... 245 442 

(iraham A Cameron 307 

(iranara, Andrew J 235 501 

tiray. Edwin W 135 455 

Gregory. E. K , 4t)3 498 

(irithths. T 375 50:> 

(Julesian. >I. H 100 400 

(Jutlon. Morris 245 

(iutrow, David 303 

Haliwell. G. S 247 476 

Ham A- (.'arter lt>7 433 

Hamilton. Isaac G 373 509 

Hammond, C. A 317 

Hampton, C. H 215 483 

Hampton Hou.se 215 502 

Hand. James U 305 

Handy. J. W 395 507 

Hanlou. V. F 317 

Hanlwick. C. H. A Co 371 506 

Han>ld. M 303 484 

Harrison, Henry 131 500 

Hathaway" s. A., Sons 311 487 

Hayes. James H 305 

Hayes & Mulvee 213 ^"^ 

Haywar.1. W. J 200 480 

Hebb. William C 223 508 

Hennessey. William 405 

Hersey. Ira G .- 107 

Hersum. Arthur L 405 515 

Herthel. F. J 220 474 

Hickey. T. I.. * Co 301 

Hicks. 8. D. A Son 200 392 

Hill. J. J. A Co 390 

Hill, Joseph W 490 

Hills. K, H 407 513 

Hodgdon. C. W 127 396 



A HALF CEXTURY OF BOSTOX's BlILDIXG. 



510 



Ads. 



Ilodge. E. & Co 

Hogaboom, William O. iV Co 253 

Holian Brothers . .40.j 

Holland, J. B 337 

Ilollis Street Theatre 219 

Holmes Brothers 321 

Holmes. J. H 231 

Holt & Bngbee 365 

Holt, S. L. & Co 249 

Hotel Bellevue 283 

Hotel Brunswick 135 

Hotel Oxford .143 

Hotel Randolph, Xew 307 

Hotel Savoy 

Houghton, J. F. & Son 361 

Iloyt. A. H. <$: Co 337 

Hughson, William 385 

Hunt, Hany 93 

Hunt. Henry H 183 

Huntington, The.-. 327 

Hurley, P. G 363 

Hussey, H. S .' 265 

Hygienic Refrigerator Co., The 199 

Imliof. Joseph 397 

Ingalls & Kendricken 89 

Jacobs, Louis H 323 

Janis Engineering Co 435 

Jefferson, WiUiam J 347 

Jerome Decorative Co. . . 269 

Jewett Lumber Co 265 

Joblin, W. J 213 

Johnson, Thomas J 245 

Johnston, J. J 271 

Johnston, T. E 297 

Jones, Arthur D 93 

Joslin. Arthur W 279 

Joyce, Patrick 295 

Judson, John 209 

Julien, F. X 217 

Keane, M. J 187 

Kearney. If. O 177 

Kearney, Thomas F 341 

Kellar. John H 165 

Kelly, P. P 221 

Kelly, John E 235 

Kelley, J. P 3.51 

Kelley. Frank B 347 

Kelleher, Jeremiah M 375 

Kenney, J. J 253 

Kendall, Edward & Sons 355 



Articles. 
414 
4.>j 



400 
428 
475 



386 
4.>S 
376 
432 

467 
429 
473 
447 
471 
465 
426 

'Ml 
38fJ 

443 

434 

480 
489 
4.50 
460 
481 

4110 

504 

467 
492 
489 

472 

501 

4(13 

506 
503 



Ads. Allicles. 

Keyes, W. H. & Co 85 378 

Keylor, Thomas & Co 351 

Killian, Jolin H 355 472 

King, Cliarles & Co 299 426 

King's Windsor Cement 169 4:J1 

Kinney, A. F 349 462 

Kohler Furnace & Steam Heating 

Co 309 498 

Kuhner, Fritz 257 

really & Montague 4<J7 

Lamb, B. F. * Co 377 489 

Lane, J. if. <$: G. F 345 506 

Lanesville Granite Co. . 2s 1 431 

Lash, Augustus F . Ii)7 411 

Lawrence, J. A :;-.'T 

Lemmler. Charles 157 409 

Letteney, C. F 133 466 

Lincoln. George H. iSr Co 435 484 

Lippincott, Stephen J 333 466 

Lockhart, W. A- Co 4ai 

Logan. James J . .,399 

Logue, Charles .241 493 

Long, Thomas J. A Co 3i;7 450 

Lord, Charles J. <t Co 171 

liOvering Brothers & Soule 241 430 

Loudon Brothers 93 402 

Lumb, William it Co 81 394 

Lynch. Edward 131 490 

Lynch, P. G 295 

Lyons, J. H .301 

Macallen. W. T. C. Co 175 453 

MacDonald, Dimald, Agt 349 

Mack & Moore 189 432 

MacKenzie. Robert 403 

Magee Furnace Co 147 436 

Magneso-Calcite Fire-Proof Co 309 482 

Malone, T. J. it Co 277 

Mansfield, Chas. J 141 .502 

Marble <t Enamel Mosaic Co 141 452 

Marble, James H 275 

Marlboro Hotel. Xew 333 

Marston. J. M. A- Co 369 412 

Martin, L. it Co 175 444 

Massachusetts Heating it Ventilating 

Co 329 416 

Mason. W. A. it Son .335 414 

Mathews, H. H 107 4.50 

Matthews, William, Jr 211 482 

Mattson, John 147 434 

Maverick House 393 491 



520 



A HALF ( EXTfKY OF KOSTOX S BllLDlNG. 



Ads. Articles. 

Muxw oil. William R '241 440 

M.-.Vnllo. .laiiios W 80 445 

JtcDeimott, P. 11 SoO 

jrcllonald, Tlios. H. A fo S"7 JOO 

MoDonalil, Uougald S75 

MoPoimoU A Sons IS" 4JT 

MoDouijall. Antliony .r 341 

iloCialioy A Byrne 32:! 4(i7 

McGihrav, Alexander 22!) 474 

MKiinniss. E. C " 407 

Metiregor, John B oti') 4i»8 

Molnnes, I, 300 

MiKay Brothers 201 483 

M.Kay. C. L 2S0 

MoKenna. Edward F 340 

MoKensie, A. L 200 480 

SloKinnon, N 315 

MoLantrhlin, Manns 337 

MoLean. Jlaleolm 123 447 

MoI.ean. W. J 380 

McLellan, A 375 471 

MeLellan. John A 350 

MeLollan, J. A 285 

MoXaniara. John it Sons 410 418 

MoXeil Brothei-s 203 384 

MoXutt. J.J 150 4i;3 

ilePhail, George E 330 

>lerherson. M 403 

McVai-ish it Heunigan 3'i5 488 

Mead. Mason A- Co Ill 4;i8 

Mechanics' Iron Foundry Co 120 437 

Merchants' Hotel 170 432 

Merz, (i , 2.50 488 

Jlilfoni Pink Granite Co 101 374 

Miller. Hobert A Co 81 438 

Miller, William L 3li3 

Miles. George 310 415 

Minton. A. G 373 507 

Mitchell A- Sntherland 301 481 

Monaghau, E. W 180 480 

Monk. Carl E 205 478 

Monson. Maine, Slate Co 402 

Moore, Edward \- Co 375 

Moore A: Woods 171 404 

Moore A Wymau 07 430 

Moorhouse, H. B 203 504 

Morgan. T. J 285 400 

Morrill. J. M. E .200 433 

Morris, E. C. Safe Co 125 

Morrissey, M. J 375 

Morrison, William D 370 



Ads. 

Morrison A Rackley 303 

Morse Brothers 105 

Morse, L. Foster 170 

Morse, W. H 100 

Morton Brothers 350 

Morton, Francis F 285 

Morton. Mathew 257 

Moss. Charles E 283 

Mulkern, M. J 343 

Murphy. James H 187 

Murray, Thomas 343 

Murtfeldt, W. A 107 

X'agel, Jacob 307 

Xeal it Preble 353 

Nelson Brothers 187 

Nielson. Carl S.. it Co 83 

New England Adamant Co 350 

New Jersey Steel and Iron Co 331 

New Jersey Wire Cloth Co 405 

Korcioss Brothers 115 

Xorton Door Check it Spring Co.. . . .01 

Xorton Iron Co f 230 

N'oyes, C. A. it Co 353 

N' utter it Seabury 123 

O'Connell, D. M 243 

O'Connor. T. W 307 

D'llearn. P 345 

O' Leary, Thomas 277 

Oliver. Elmiis C 385 

Olson, Arthur P 303 

Olson, tJ. A 320 

O'Neill, James 3i>7 

O'Xeil it Sons 370 

Orne it Lawrence 23!> 

O'Toole it Vose 251 

Page. DavidP 340 

Paige. J. C, (See Index to Illustrations) 

Palmer. D. N 307 

Park Square Hotel 385 

Parker House 130 

Parker it Page 341 

Park Theatre 205 

Parry Brothers it Co 407 

Pearoe. W. A. it Co 121 

Pearl Square Auger M'f'g Co 401 

Pomple Brothers & Co 373 

Pennock Electric Co 450 

Penshorn, G 407 

Perkins, George AV 405 

Perry, Matthews it Buskirk Co 303 

Phelan, J. T 401 



Articles. 

480 
471 
483 
4(U 
505 
400 
475 
470 
477 

415 

50ti 
400 
422 
487 
308 
510 
308 
302 
384 

408 



510 
500 
402 



503 

484 
4S4 
514 
44ti 
457 
430 
512 
501 
514 

513 

510 
422 
513 



INDEX TO ^\DVEr.TlSEMEXTS AND DKSCKII'TIVE ARTICLES. 



521 



Ads. Articles. 

Phelps, Fiankliii S. A Co 279 405 

I'ii-kett. Joscjili ,1 401 514 

Pickett, Robert H 391 509 

Piper. Erastus E 263 481 

I'luinnier, R. B., Jr 207 490 

Polsey, .J. F 81 44S 

Porter & Mclnnes .391 

Porlunato, Feliee .1 .395 498 

Power-s Regulator Co., The 377 489 

Priesing, .J. AV. & .Son 425 

Quiney House, The .201 4.; I 

Qiiinton, .J. E .... 235 

Rearilon, 1). L 399 510 

Redding & Co., .Jerome 321 497 

Redmond, C. D 119 439 

Renille, W. S 273 415 

Peynolds, Milton F 403 

Rhodes, Josiah 391 512 

Rice, .John S 233 .")03 

Rice, .S. A .399 

Richardson & Young 279 

Rideout, M. E. & Co. :;i:i 4l'o 

Riley, Isaac 275 

Riley, Peter A 387 

Roberts, Charles F 379 .50(; 

Roberts Iron Works Co 221 4l'i; 

Hobinson & Co 391 

Itobinson, Enoch 293 483 

Rockport Granite Co 281 430 

liockwell, Benjamin . . ." 267 429 

Itockwood, A. G 1.53 440 

Rodday, R. J. & Co 387 

Rogers, J. F 195 507 

Rogers, O. T., Granite Co 371 4iiO 

Root, W. A. & H. A 323 43ii 

Rosenberger, .Josepli 297 490 

Rounds, \y. ,J 275 4.S0 

Rowen Brothers 149 370 

Ruggles, H. R 243 

Sampson, Walter S. . . 207 4()n 

Sanborn, W. A 147 441 

Sanby, William 313 457 

Sands, M. W 207 443 

Schneider, Peter 181 

Scott, A. J. & A 387 

Scribner, Wm. E 223 489 

Scullion. William 339 

Seaboard Lumber Co 399 

Sears, .Joshua 145 477 

Scldon. E. W 405 502 

Shaw, J.J 275 481 



Ads. Articles. 

Shearman, John 297 442 

Shepheard, .\rthtu- W 183 

Sheritts, Wm. E 405 

Shultz Belting Co 117 410 

SiUterstein, I. A.- .1. Shoolman 179 

Slakin, H. A 265 468 

Slattery & Co 201 .507 

Slattery, Richard P. & Co 163 433 

Small Brothers 313 442 

.Smith Brothers 195 475 

Smith Desk Co., The 2.55 402 

Smith, G. W. & v.. Iron Co 151 390 

Smith, .James 183 457 

Smith, .lames C 389 509 

Smith & Tower 399 484 

Soule, L. P. & Son Ill 441 

Sprague & Xugent 387 511 

Stiuire, D. G 209 474 

Stanley, .J. E 393 

Stearns, .\. T., Lumber Co., The 93 410 

Stedtnan. Walter .395 512 

Stetson, A. .M. A Co. 203 388 

.Stiles, 11. Linwood 303 422 

St. Nicholas Hotel 301 489 

Storey. .J. C. it Co 261 

Strickland, F. W. & Co 391 502 

Studley ISrothers 293 476 

Stnrtevant, B. F., Co 103 411 

Sullivan, M. F 263 429 

Sullivan, W. .J 101 390 

Sutherland, .J. .\ . 395 

Swan, J. Edwin 395 

Swan, Thos. F 121 444 

Swanton, Michael 347 

Sw eeney, .J. E 277 

Sweet, Wm. T. & Co 131 413 

Tancred, .James P 305 

Tarbox, I. F 143 476 

Teel. W. H 305 498 

Thayer, .James M 235 499 

Thomas, D. W 385 

Thorn, Thomas J 337 471 

Tingley, Lee 279 

Touehet, Albert E 353 488 

Trafton, S. P 333 

Treworgy, W. H 395 451 

Tripp, Benjamin F 105 447 

Tucker, I.saac X .89 408 

Tucker, .James & Sons 3.53 JS6 

Tufts, George M 287 

Turners Falls Brick Co 329 484 



521: 



A HALF CEN'TL'KV OF BOSTON" S Bl'ILDIXli. 



Ads Articles. 

rfheil. Joseph & Co 203 432 

Vallee, Francis 3S5 511 

Van Maliier. J. A- W 389 

A'an Xoortlen. E. vt Co 133 400 

Vanierin. J 335 

Vemlomo, The 135 3t>4 

Viokery, ,T. A. it Son 135 39(5 

Vinnl. Warren D 257 4i!l 

Waldo Brothers 509 

Walsh ifc Kearns 247 

Walters. John J 355 

Ward, K. D. & Co 345 

Waniock, James 405 

^\■arren. Fred V 293 450 

Waslihiun, D. & Sons 327 412 

Walt. Lewis C 393 

Wetherbee, J. O 407 505 

Weaver, (Jeorge E 309 

Weaver. Isaac 101 454 

Webster. Dixon it Co 4:55 

Webster. W. F.. Cement Co 399 49S 

Wells. Edward E 389 513 

West End Kooting Co 181 

West End Stieet Railway 483 



Ads. Articles. 

Whalen, M. J 173 4t)3 

White, Nicholas 207 4:52 

White, Kicliard A 193 450 

Whiteomb, Frank L 317 503 

AMiittle, Charles P. (See Index to Illus- 
trations) 

Whittier Macliine Co 95 StiS 

Wight, E. A 389 

Wilbur. J. E 257 481 

Wilkinson, A. J. it Co 103 477 

Willeutt, L. D. it Son 119 .")15 

Williams it Daly 311 493 

Williams, George 227 474 

Williams. J. B 389 512 

Williams, T.J 443 472 

Wilson. J. B 387 

^Vood. Barker it Co 101 448 

Woodbury it Leighton 9!' 370 

Woodman. Charles E 359 5(^5 

Woodman, U.. Manufacturing and Supi)ly 

Co., The 417 475 

Wylie, Charles 387 513 

Young's Hotel 130 440 

Zie.gler Electric Co 417 473 



Index to Illustrations. 



Page. 
Building, formerly corner Dock Square and Ann 

Street (now North) 18 

First House in Boston 20 

Faneuil Hall 21 

Granite Market House and Faneuil Hall 22 

Museum Corner Bromtield .Street .2Z 

The Massachusetts General Hospital, Blossom 

.Street -.24 

Old State House 2.5 

The State House, Beacon Street 26 

The Custom House, State Street 27 

Boston Dispensary, Bennet and Ash Streets 28 

The ilerehants Exchange, State Street 29 

Hancock House, Beacon Street 30 

First Meeting House in Boston 31 

First Cluu'ch 34 

The Old South, Washington Street So 

Christ Church, Salem Street 36 

King's Chapel, Tremont .Street 37 

Eliot School, North Bennet Street 38 

Adams School, Mason .Street 39 

Franklin School, Washington Street 40 

Mayhew School. Hawkins Street 41 

First Latin .School, North side of School Street. . .42 

Hawes School, Broadway. South Boston 43 

Third Latin School. South side of School Street. .44 

Smith School. Belknap (now Joy) .Street 4.i 

Bowdoin School, Myrtle .Street 4(i 

Boylston School, Fort Hill 47 

Building Corner Essex and Kingston Sts. . . .opp. .50 

The Pierce Building opp. .50 

F. L. Ames Building opp. .51 

Lincoln Building opp. .51 

Chamber of Commerce Buihling opp. .58 

Youth's Companion Building opp. 58 

Cohunbia Theatre opp. 59 

Mechanic Arts High School opp. .59 

Boston Herald Building opp. 74 

Shreve, Crump & Low Building opp. 75 

S. S. White Dental Company's Building opp. 75 

Teclmology Building opp. 90 

Boston Public Library , . . . .opp. 90 

Boston .Journal Building opp. 91 

State House opp. 100 

City Hall opp. 100 



Page. 

Faneuil Hall opp. 100 

Post Office opp. 100 

Bell Telephone Building opp. 101 

Carter Building opp. 101 

Exchange Building opp. 101 

Exchange Club Building . opp. 101 

Power House W. E. S. Ky opp. 101 

The Kensington opp. 1 14 

High School, Brighton opp. 114 

Agassiz Grammar School, Jamaica Plain. . .opp. 115 

Ames Building opp. 115 

Mechanics" Iron Foimdry Building 129 

Hotel Brims wick opp. 134 

The Vendome opp. 135 

New Old South Church opp. 135 

Mellin's Food Building opp. 1.52 

Haddon Hall opp. 153 

Boston Art Club Building opp. 153 

Works of J. W. Sullivan 161 

Works of M. H. Gulesian 109 

Interior Boston Stock Exchange opp. 186 

Museum of Fine Arts opp. 187 

Quincy House 201 

Chad wick Lead Works opp. 204 

Old Colony Bailroad Station opp. 205 

B. A. Atkinson Furniture Co. Building. . . .opp. 205 

The Hemenway Building opp. 205 

Mason & Handin Building , opp. 216 

Farlow Building opp. 217 

^Vorthington Biulding opp. 217 

Carter, Carter & Kilham's Building opp. 218 

Park Square Railroad Station opp. 218 

Conservatory of Music .... opi). 219 

Interior Hollis Street Theatre . .opp. 219 

Falmouth House 223 

Works of R. Estabrook's Sons 225 

Cathedral of the Holy Cross opp . 232 

First Baptist Chinch opp. 233 

Bethany Baptist Church opp. 233 

Clarendon Street Baptist Church opp. 246 

Park .Street Church and Granary Biuying 

Ground opp. 246 

Central Congregational Church opp. 247 

Chm-ch of the Messiah opp. 247 



o2i 



]Xr)EX TO ILI.ISTKATIOXS. 



Page. 
Building t'oiiiinercial Wharf and Atlantic 

Ave opp. 2('i2 

Boston it Albany Bailroad Stations opp. iOo 

New Fire Department Headquarters opp. 2tiS 

New rrimary J^cUool opp. 2(i8 

John H.Pray"s .Sons it fompany Building, .opp. 20!l 

Dormitory of Milton Academy opp. 2(59 

Portrait of .lohn .S. Dannell 274 

The Thorndike opp. 28t'. 

Front and side view of Exohanize Buildin£:..opp. 2Si> 
View of Cutting Shed of Charles River Stone 

Company opp. 287 

Interior Cirocery Store Furnished by The William 

G. Bell Company opp. 288 

Store of Cobli it Yerxa. Interior furnished l)y 

The William G. Bell Company opp. 280 

Ex. (Jovernor Oliver Ames" Kesidence opp. 300 

Residence of the late F. L. Ames opp. 300 

Xew Tremont Temple opp. 3C1 

New .Vrmory First Corps Cadets opp. 301 

Works of George Miles 3I!> 

Works of E. Hodge tt Co 32.") 

House of Representatives opp. 32i> 

Algonquin Club House opp. 327 

The (irand Hotel opp. 340 

I'nited States Hotel opp 34<i 

John Hancock Building opp. 341 

Somerset Club House opp. 341 

Trinity Church llo and opp. 3(58 

Central Congregational Church opp. 3(i0 

Fiske Building opp. 372 

Henry L. Pierce School opp. 373 

Prince School opp. 373 

Devonshire Building .opp. 384 

Homeopathic Dispensary opp. 384 

I'nion Congregational Church opj). 385 

People's Temple. Methodist opp. 385 

Lockhart Building 31)2 

Maverick House :V.i-', 

Old Fitchbiu"g Station . . opp. ;!iis 

Old Lowell Railroad Station . opp. 3!'!1 

Hollis St. Theatre 400 

Court House 408 

Mutual I.ife Insurance Building opp. 410 

Pope Manufacturing Company Building. . . .opp. 411 

B. K. Sturtevant Company Building opp. 411 

Copley Square Hotel 410 

Portrait of John McXamara . . .418 



Page. 

Portrait of John J. McXamara 419 

Portrait of Jerome J. McXamara 419 

E.xeter Chambers opp. 420 

First Church of Christ opp. 420 

Residences built by Milton C. Brownell . . . .opp. 421 

Portrait of Carl S. Xielson 422 

The Himtington 426 

Ware Hall opp. 42(5 

St. Mary's ( hurch opp. 427 

First Presbyterian Church 428 

Hotel Oxford 4:J2 

Kossuth Hall, Roxbury opp. 432 

Hotel Belvoir opp. 432 

Residence built by J. .M. E. Morrill opp. 433 

R. H. White's Building opp. 433 

Portrait of J. M. E. Morrill 433 

Portrait of John Mattson 434 

Portrait of Frank G. Coburn 440 

John C. Paige Insiuance Building opp. 442 

Sever Hall opp. 443 

Inteiior (irocery Store showing Roll Top count- 
ers furnished by The William G. Bell Com- 
pany opp. 444 

Interior Grocery Store, fiunished by The William 

(;. Bell Company opP- 445 

Interior of store, furnished by The William G. 

Bell Company opp. 44li 

Parker House 446 

Portrait of John C. DeLaney , 449 

Interior of Drug Store, furnished by Charles P. 

Whittle opp. 4.")" 

Suite Hotel Bellevue 4oS 

International Trust Co. Building opp. 4(50 

University Club House opp. 4(i0 

The I'nion .Station opp. 461 

Hotel Savoy 467 

I'.uildings erected by M. A. Slakin ...... .opp. 468 

The Windermere 409 

V. M. C. A. Building opp. 469 

Ziegler Electric Co. Building 473 

(irand Foyer Castle Sq. Theatre 479 

Portrait of Charles Logue 493 

Hampton House 302 

Equitable Building opp. 504 

Shuman's Building oi>p. 304 

(;rove Ilall Car House opp. 305 

Old Eastern Station opp. 505 

Residence built by Cummings it Morehouse 508 



